Are there volcanoes in Australia

Answer 1

There aren't any on mainland Australia, but two exist near the remote Antarctic Territory [allocated to Australian jurisdiction]. There, on Heard and Mcdonald Islands, one exists on each island. Of the two active volcanos within the country's authority, Big Ben is located on Heard Island, an Australian"external territory" in the southern Indian ocean. Big Ben has erupted as recently as heard in 2001. Mawson Peak on McDonald Island is located 40 km to the west of Heard Island volcano, in the sub Antarctic and is the highest peak on Australian-owned territory. The island doubled in size between 1980 and 2001, due to volcanic activity.

Hence, there are No active volcanoes within the Australian continent itself. Because there are no tectonic plate boundries running through Australia not many volcanos have formed.

Answer 2

Australia has no active volcanoes because the majority of volcanoes are formed where two tectonic plates meet. This is due to the pressure built up under the plates, and the lava escapes through volcanoes. Australia is in the middle of a plate, therefore there are no joins underneath it, resulting in a lack of active volcanoes.

The Pacific Ring of Fire, which extends around the Pacific Basin and marks the major ring of the world's volcanic and seismic activity, just misses Australia.

There are many volcanoes in Australia, or at least the remnants of volcanoes resulting from ancient activity, but none of them are active and most have long been extinct. Mt Gambier in southeast South Australia is one such example. Although declared officially "dormant", seismologists and scientists monitor them, even though there has been no sign of activity since European settlement began in Australia.

Australia's only active volcano is found on one of its external territories, that of Heard Island. Big Ben is a volcano which resumed eruptions in about 1993.

Answer 3

There are no active volcanoes in Australia, only extinct ones.

For thousands of years, the only active volcano on any Australian territory was Big Ben, which is located on Heard Island, an offshore territory thousands of kilometres from mainland Australia. More recently, there has been considerable volcanic activity on the nearby McDonald Islands, also Australian territory.

Answer 4

There are no active volcanoes anywhere on the Australian mainland or its near islands. There is just one active volcano on Australian Territory:Big Ben, on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Big Ben erupted in 2001. However, there is evidence of ancient volcanic activity in many areas of Australia, such as: * Glasshouse Mountains in southeast Queensland * Undara in northern Queensland * Mt Canobolas, near Orange in NSW * Mt Gambier in southeastern South Australia * Mt Warning in Qld's Gold Coast hinterland * Mt Schank in South Australia * Grampians in western Victoria The Great Dividing Range, which extends down the entire eastern coast of Australia, was once a hotspot of volcanic activity, but that was long before any people - indigenous or European - lived on the continent.

Answer 5

Volcanoes have formed in the past in Australia, but not under current conditions. Melting of subduction zone material at a plate boundary, on the descending side, is one common driving force for volcanoes. A volcanic 'hot spot' is the other.

Neither apply to present day Australia.

Answer 6

No Australia has not always been free from volcanic activity.

Answer 7

There aren't any on the mainland. On the islands, McDonald and heard there is. There are no tectonic plate boundaries running Australia so not many volcanoes.

Answer 8

Australia has no Volcanoes, but a lot of meteor craters!

answ2. Well, no active volcanoes that is. There used to be a number but long gone.

Answer 9

yes, but they are all extinct or dormant