Mount Warrenheip
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Mount Warrenheip is an inactive Volcanic cone
in Victoria, Australia rising 714 metres above sea level. The mountain is a landmark of Dunnstown, Victoria
the closest large town as well as the city of Ballarat with the mountain being located at its outskirts in the suburb of Warrenheip, Victoria
. Mount Warrenheip ceased as an active volcano around 100,000 years ago.
The name Warrenheip originates from the Wathaurong word for "emu's feathers" describing the fern
like vegetation which covered it.
Along with Mount Buninyong
, it is one of only two forested volcanic cones in Victoria.
Mount Warrenheip has telecommunications antennae at its peak and its foothills are the location of Kryal Castle
and cattle grazing.
Volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic formations. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and size of the fragments ejected during the eruption...
in Victoria, Australia rising 714 metres above sea level. The mountain is a landmark of Dunnstown, Victoria
Dunnstown, Victoria
Dunnstown is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, west of the state capital, Melbourne and close to the regional centre of Ballarat...
the closest large town as well as the city of Ballarat with the mountain being located at its outskirts in the suburb of Warrenheip, Victoria
Warrenheip, Victoria
Warrenheip is a small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia located on the western rural-urban fringe. At the 2006 census, Warrenheip had a population of 435....
. Mount Warrenheip ceased as an active volcano around 100,000 years ago.
The name Warrenheip originates from the Wathaurong word for "emu's feathers" describing the fern
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
like vegetation which covered it.
Along with Mount Buninyong
Mount Buninyong
Mount Buninyong is a hill overlooking Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. Formed from an extinct volcano, it rises to above sea level. The mountain was originally named Mount Bonan Yowing which is said to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning a man lying on his back with his knee raised...
, it is one of only two forested volcanic cones in Victoria.
Mount Warrenheip has telecommunications antennae at its peak and its foothills are the location of Kryal Castle
Kryal Castle
Kryal Castle is an Australian replica medieval castle located on a foothill of Mount Warrenheip at Leigh Creek, just north of Dunnstown and 8 km east of Ballarat...
and cattle grazing.