Mount Schank, Port MacDonnell Rd, Mount Gambier, SA, Australia
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blingg
S 37° 56.393 E 140° 44.224
54H E 476896 N 5800822
A volcanic cinder cone
Waymark Code: WM17731
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 12/26/2022
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Mount Schank is a striking and rare landscape feature, the volcanic cinder cone rising dramatically above the flat coastal plain. It and Mount Gambier are the only two such examples of recent volcanism in South Australia having originally erupting 4,500 years ago.
Mount Schank was named in December 1800 during an exploratory voyage along Australia’s south-east coast by the ship HMS Lady Nelson. Mount Gambier was also spotted and named on the same voyage.
The trail to the rim of the crater comprises mostly of a limestone planks, 1,038 of them, the hike begins from the carpark and picnic area
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 8276
Place File No: 3/11/175/0010
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: Not listed
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