45. Tyabb - Baxter Formation

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).

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Location:	Baxter – 447651. Stony Point railway line two kilometres south of Somerville.	Site 45
Access:	From Bungower Road railway crossing.
Ownership:	Crown Land.
Geology:	The cutting exposes weathered Baxter Formation sediments.
Significance:	Local. This is one of the more extensive inland exposures of the Baxter Formation in the Mornington Peninsula section of the Western Port Bay catchment.
Management:	Class 2. The sides of the cutting should be kept clear to maintain the exposure.

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