Tower Hill (volcano)

Tower Hill (Koroitj)
Tower Hill (Koroitj) Victoria, Australia
Highest point
Elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Coordinates	38°19′17″S 142°21′35″E / 38.3213°S 142.3597°E / -38.3213; 142.3597
Geography
Location	Victoria, Australia
Geology
Last eruption	34,000 BP

Tower Hill is an inactive volcano on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia, approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi) west of Melbourne, and 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Warrnambool. The Tower Hill crater is roughly 3 kilometres (2 mi) wide and 80 metres (260 ft) high, with a gradient of between 10% and 80% at the higher points. Within the crater, a series of later volcanic explosions formed a number of scoria cones and spheres, surrounded by a crater lake. Being a giant nested maar, Tower Hill is of international geological significance. The Dhauwurdwurrung name for the volcano is Koroitj.^[1]