Bunya Mountains

Bunya Mountains
Bunya Mountains
	A small creek in the national park
Highest point
Peak	Mount Kiangarow
Elevation	1,135 m (3,724 ft)
Geography
	Bunya Mountains Location in Queensland
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Range coordinates	26°50′S 151°33′E / 26.833°S 151.550°E
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Type of rock	Shield Volcano

The Bunya Mountains are a distinctive set of peaks forming an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. The mountain range forms the northern edge of the Darling Downs in the locality also called Bunya Mountains near Bell and Dalby. The mountains are south of Kingaroy and just to the south west of Nanango. The range is the remains of a shield volcano which was built from numerous basalt lava flows about 23-24 million years ago.^[1]

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Bunya Mountains was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "Natural attraction".^[2]

^ "The Bunya Mountains" (PDF). Geological Society of Australia Incorporated. April 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
^ Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[1] "The Bunya Mountains" (PDF). Geological Society of Australia Incorporated. April 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

[2] Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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