Mount Kooroocheang, also known as Smeaton Hill,[1] is a dormant volcano, situated near the town of Smeaton, Victoria, Australia. It is about 140 km northwest of Melbourne.[2] It is a large composite scoria cone.[3] Mount Kooroocheang is one of the largest eruption points on the Victorian Central Plateau,[4] and is about 230 metres in height above the surrounding plains[5] and 676 metres above sea level.[1] There is a communications tower on the summit.
Mount Kooroocheang was featured in a painting by Eugene von Guerard in 1864, "A view from Mount Franklin towards Mount Kooroocheang and the Pyrenees", which is in the Queensland Art Gallery.[6]
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- ^ a b "Smeaton | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Mt Kooroocheang". www.victorianvolcanoes.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Mount Kooroocheang". M. H. Monroe, Australia: The Land Where Time Began. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Victorian Resources Online, Agriculture Victoria. "Mount Kooroocheang". vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "New volcano could raise its head here". The Courier. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "A view from Mt Franklin towards Mount Kooroocheang and the Pyrenees - Eugène von Guérard". QAGOMA Learning. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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