Mount Napier

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Mount Napier, Victoria, Australia, is one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia. Mount Napier State Park is located 270 Kilometres south-west of Melbourne and 15kms south of Hamilton, Victoria. The Mount Napier Lava Flow reaches nearby Mount Eccles which is found 25kms south-west of Mount Napier. Mount Napier has a composite lava shield with a superimposed scoria cone. The cone rises 500 feet (150 m) above the surrounding plains to an elevation of 1,440 feet (440 m), making it the highest point on the Western District Plains of Victoria. It last erupted about 5,290 BC.