Fox volcano

Updated: Jul 6, 2022 09:23 GMT - Refresh

Pyroclastic cone 840 m / 2756 ft
Australia, -18.85°S / 145.8°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Fox volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Mount Fox is a pyroclastic cone distinct from the large volcanic provinces of NE Australia. Young basanite lava flows dated 1.5 million years ago descend the coastal scarp into the Stone River valley (Stephenson, in Johnson et al., 1989).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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