Great Basalt Wall National Park
Great Basalt Wall National Park Queensland | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
Great Basalt Wall National Park | |
Nearest town or city | Charters Towers |
Coordinates | 19°52′52″S 145°43′17″E / 19.88111°S 145.72139°ECoordinates: 19°52′52″S 145°43′17″E / 19.88111°S 145.72139°E |
Established | 1987 |
Area | 352 km2 (136 sq mi) |
Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Great Basalt Wall is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1124 km northwest of Brisbane. This national park protects 35,200 ha of land containing the Great Basalt Wall, a geological formation of the Toomba flow. The Toomba volcano erupted approximately 20,000 years ago, covered 670 square kilometres, and flowed for 120 km.[1][2] It is one of the most recent volcanic eruptions in Queensland. Due to the viscous nature of the rocky lava flows the park is not accessible to the public.[3]
See also[]
- Protected areas of Queensland
- List of volcanoes in Queensland
References[]
- ^ Mishra, A. K.; Placzek, C.; Wurster, C.; Whitehead, P. W. (2 January 2019). "New radiocarbon age constraints for the 120 km-long Toomba flow, north Queensland, Australia". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 66 (1): 71–79. doi:10.1080/08120099.2019.1523227. ISSN 0812-0099.
- ^ Cohen, Benjamin E.; Mark, Darren F.; Fallon, Stewart J.; Stephenson, P. Jon (1 April 2017). "Holocene-Neogene volcanism in northeastern Australia: Chronology and eruption history". Quaternary Geochronology. 39: 79–91. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2017.01.003. ISSN 1871-1014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Great Basalt Wall National Park". Queensland Government. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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Categories:
- IUCN Category II
- National parks of Far North Queensland
- Protected areas established in 1987
- 1987 establishments in Australia
- Queensland protected area stubs