Mt Ridley

 

Mount Ridley is a broad lava hill with two vents approximately 600 m apart, the southern vent apparently erupting first. The vents are now lava filled and are recognisable only from the concentration of blocks of spatter and vesicular lava. Most of the loose blocks have been cleared from the paddocks. The lava from the northern vent of Mount Ridley is the only known example of a nephelinite (analcitite) in the Newer Volcanics Province

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Type: 
Lava Hill
Location: 
3km north of Craigieburn
Last Eruption: 
> 1 million years ago (our estimate)
Access: 
Mt Ridley Road crosses next to the summit, which is on private land.
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