12. Mount Toorongo

This information has been developed from the publications:

Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers,
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the coast of Port Phillip Bay and in the Catchment of Westernport Bay (1984, 88) by Neville Rosengren.

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Location:	185108 to 230130. Mount Toorongo eleven kilometres north east of Noojee.	Sites 8122 - 11 12
Access:	Mount McDonald Jeep Track.
Ownership:	Crown Land.
Geology/Geomorphology:	Mount Toorongo is the highest point of a ridge which has formed along the contact between the Toorongo Granodiorite and the metasediments of the associated aureole. The southern sides of the ridge are cliffed in parts exposing the metasediments which are evidently less resistant to erosion than the granodiorite.
Significance:	Regional. This is the best developed igneous contact ridge in the present study area.
Management:	Because of the area covered by the site, it is unlikely that limited land disturbance such as quarrying would detract from the significance of the site.

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