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]
37°17′49″S 143°59′04″E / 37.29694°S 143.98444°E
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]
37°17′49″S 143°59′04″E / 37.29694°S 143.98444°E