Mount Warrenheip

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Mount Warrenheip
Mount Warrenheip in the distance behind Lake Wendouree
Elevation	714 metres (2,343 ft) AHD
Listing	List of volcanoes in Australia
Location
Mount Warrenheip Location in Victoria
Location	Warrenheip, Australia
Coordinates	37°39′S 143°56′E / 37.650°S 143.933°E / -37.650; 143.933Coordinates: 37°39′S 143°56′E / 37.650°S 143.933°E / -37.650; 143.933

Mount Warrenheip is an inactive volcanic cone in Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of 714 metres (2,343 ft) AHD. The mountain is a landmark of Dunnstown, Victoria the closest town with the mountain being located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the Ballarat central business district, in the suburb of Warrenheip. Mount Warrenheip ceased volcanic activity around 100,000 years ago. Along with Mount Buninyong, it is one of only two forested scoria cones in Victoria.

Location and features

Mount Warrenheip is surrounded by farmland. The foothills are the location of Kryal Castle and cattle grazing.

The name Warrenheip originates from the Wathaurong word Warrengeep, meaning "emu's feathers" in reference to the resemblance of the fern like vegetation coverage which once covered it. In spring, forget-me-not flowers appear on the slopes.

Most of the mountain is designated as a nature conservation reserve and there are a small number of koalas and wallabies in residence.

Hundreds of trees on the mountain have died in recent decades from an unknown cause, predominantly peppermints, manna gums and stringy bark gums.

The mountain was subjected to fire in 1901, 1939 and again in February 2013. Light snow usually falls on Mount Warrenheip at least once a year.

Mount Warrenheip has telecommunications antennae at its peak including antennae for Radio 3BA, Voice FM 99.9, ABC News Radio, Telstra mobile and WiMax services, an amateur radio repeater and police dispatch radio.

References

Mountains in Victoria, Australia

Grampians

William (1,167 m or 3,829 ft)
Difficult
Wilson
Zero

Victorian Alps

Bogong High Plains	Nelse West (1,893 m or 6,211 ft) Nelse North (1,885 m or 6,184 ft) Fainter South (1,883 m or 6,178 ft) Hotham (1,862 m or 6,109 ft) McKay (1,849 m or 6,066 ft) Cope (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Spion Kopje (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Jim (1,818 m or 5,965 ft)

Cathedral Range	Lake (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)

Cobberas Range	Cobberas No. 1 (1,833 m or 6,014 ft) Cobberas No. 2 Moscow Peak Middle Peak Cleft Peak

Other	Bogong (1,986 m or 6,516 ft) Feathertop (1,922 m or 6,306 ft) Buller (1,805 m or 5,922 ft) Wills (1,755 m or 5,758 ft) Gibbo (1,750 m or 5,741 ft) Stirling (1,749 m or 5,738 ft) Howitt (1,742 m or 5,715 ft) The Horn (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Buffalo (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Wellington (1,634 m or 5,361 ft) Cobbler (1,628 m or 5,341 ft) Baw Baw (1,567 m or 5,141 ft) Torbreck (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) St Gwinear (circa 1,500 m or 4,921 ft) Selma (1,456 m or 4,777 ft) Useful (1,435 m or 4,708 ft) Tambo (1,430 m or 4,692 ft) Selwyn (1,411 m or 4,629 ft) Terrible (1,325 m or 4,347 ft) Donna Buang (1,250 m or 4,101 ft) Bulla Bulla (906 m or 2,972 ft) Dom Dom (740 m or 2,428 ft) Brumby Point Buggery Loch Pine Speculation

Other
mountain ranges

Central Highlands	Macedon (1,001 m or 3,284 ft)

Dandenong Ranges	Dandenong (633 m or 2,077 ft)

Pyrenees Ranges	Avoca (747 m or 2,451 ft) Warrenmang (537 m or 1,762 ft)

Strzelecki Ranges	Tassie (740 m or 2,428 ft)

Other	Matlock (1,377 m or 4,518 ft) Ritchie (1,259 m or 4,131 ft) Toorongo (1,247 m or 4,091 ft) Horsfall (1,130 m or 3,707 ft) Kaye (998 m or 3,274 ft) Elizabeth (941 m or 3,087 ft) Ghiran (924 m or 3,031 ft) Disappointment (794 m or 2,605 ft) Riddell (781 m or 2,562 ft) Beenak (745 m or 2,444 ft) Alexander (744 m or 2,441 ft) Buninyong (719 m or 2,359 ft) Hanging Rock / Diogenes (718 m or 2,356 ft) Warrenheip (714 m or 2,343 ft) Franklin (648 m or 2,126 ft) Beckworth (634 m or 2,080 ft) Corhanwarrabul (628 m or 2,060 ft) Tarrengower (556 m or 1,824 ft) Warrenmang (526 m or 1,726 ft) Napier (440 m or 1,444 ft) Briggs Bluff (420 m or 1,378 ft) Arapiles (369 m or 1,211 ft) You Yangs (352 m or 1,155 ft) Noorat (310 m or 1,017 ft) Warrnambool (216 m or 709 ft) Wycheproof (148 m or 486 ft) Cooper (137 m or 449 ft) Eccles Elephant Hopeless Leura Typo

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