Mount Fox
Mount Fox crater
Highest point
Elevation120 m (390 ft)
Coordinates18°50′30.65″S 145°48′17.45″E / 18.8418472°S 145.8048472°E / -18.8418472; 145.8048472
Geography
Geology
Age of rock560,000 years
Mountain typedormant volcano

Mount Fox is a dormant volcano located in the locality of Mount Fox, 50 km west of Ingham, Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. Mount Fox has a shallow crater and a lava flow that extends away from the southern base of the cone. The cone lies on basaltic lava flows that are 23.6 million years old. Mount Fox is famous for its volcanic crater, which was formed 100,000 years ago by a volcanic eruption.

See also

References

  • VolcanoWorld at Oregonstate
  • "Fox". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.


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