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Nandewar Volcano | John Seach
Mt Kaputar, NSW, Australia
30.21 S, 150.14 E
summit elevation 1507 m
Shield volcano
Nandewar Volcano last erupted 17-18 million years ago.
Nandewar volcano forms a spectacular national park in north western NSW. The volcano covers an area of 1100 sq km which are the remains of broad basaltic shield volcano. The volcano now consists of an erosional caldera.
Mt Kaputar, NSW
The Grovenor (1541 m), lava plug, Mt Kaputar.
Further reading
Stipp, J.J. and McDougall, I., 1968. Potassium–argon ages from the Nandewar volcano, near Narrabri. New South Wales. Australian Journal of Science, 31(2), pp.84-85.
Abbott, M.J., 1969. Petrology of the Nandewar volcano, NSW, Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 20(2), pp.115-134.
Stolz, A.J., 1986. Mineralogy of the Nandewar volcano, northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 50(356), pp.241-255.
Eruptions of Nandewar volcano
17-18 million years ago