Bunya Mountains

Bunya Mountains
Bunya Mountains
	A small creek in the national park
Highest point
Peak	Mount Kiangarow
Elevation	1,135 m (3,724 ft)
Geography
	Location in Queensland
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Range coordinates	26°50′S 151°33′E
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Type of rock	Shield Volcano

The Bunya Mountains are a few mountains that make a small part of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. The mountain range makes the northern edge of the Darling Downs in the town of Bunya Mountains. The mountains are south of Kingaroy and just to the south west of Nanango. The range what is left of a shield volcano made from many basalt lava flows about 23-24 million years ago.[1]

References

"The Bunya Mountains" (PDF). Geological Society of Australia Incorporated. April 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2009-11-03.

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[1] "The Bunya Mountains" (PDF). Geological Society of Australia Incorporated. April 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2009-11-03.