This information has been obtained from the report: Eruption Points of the Newer Volcanic Province of Victoria by Neville Rosengren. This report was published in 1994 and was prepared for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the Geological Society of Australia (Victorian Division). The review of eruption points was based on an earlier unpublished manuscript Catalogue of the post-Miocene volcanoes of Victoria compiled by O P Singleton and E B Joyce (Geology Department, University of Melbourne 1970). |
Location: | 37 49 30S 143 11 30E (external link); 7522-3-N (Derrinallum North) 929110. 13 km N of Derinallum. Alexanders Road. | Mount Vite Vite. |
Hampden. | ||
Land Tenure/Use: | Private land. Grazing, bare with windbreak on crest. | |
Type 4: | Lava hill. | |
Mount Vite Vite is a basalt lava cone with a flat top and prominent lava ridges on the eastern side. Lava flows retain original stony rise surfaces. | ||
287 m; 30 m. | ||
Regional: | Good example of a volcano within the Skipton Plains. |