Mount Gambier (volcano)

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Blue Lake, one of Gambier's lake-filled maars
Blue Lake, one of Gambier's lake-filled maars

Mount Gambier is a maar complex in South Australia associated with the Newer Volcanics Province. It contains four lake-filled maars called Blue Lake, Valley Lake, Leg of Mutton Lake, and Browne's Lake.[1] It is one of Australia's youngest volcanoes which formed about 4,900 years ago.

Mount Gambier is thought to have formed by a mantle plume center called the East Australia hotspot which may currently lie offshore.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mt Gambier Volcano, Australia - John Search
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