What is Mount Rowan?
[[File:Mount Rowan1.jpg|thumb|250px|Mount Rowan, Victoria]] '''Mount Rowan''' is a small [[extinct volcano]] on the edge of the city of [[Ballarat, Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It was also known as Waldies Hill.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=6853 |title=VICNAMES - Place Details |first= |last= |work=services.land.vic.gov.au |year=2011 |accessdate=11 February 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is 518 metres above sea level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=6780&cmd=sp&c=1&x=144.09266&y=-37.566085&w=163424&mpsec=0 |title=Map of Mount Rowan in Victoria - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |first= |last= |work=maps.bonzle.com |year=2011 |accessdate=11 February 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The lava flows from the volcano are thought to be from 2.1 million to 2.9 million years ago. It is one of the 123 volcanoes in the Ballarat and [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] area.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4NBOn7ecZeAC&dq=Mount+Rowan+volcano&pg=PA139 |title=Intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia and New Zealand - Google Books |first= R.Wally |last=Johnson |year=1989 |isbn=9780521380836 |accessdate=11 February 2011}}</ref> These are part of the [[Western Victorian Volcanic Plains]]. In 2009, a [[geologist]], Professor Bernie Joyce warned that the volcanoes around Ballarat could become active again.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-volcano-could-raise-its-head-here/1635480.aspx |title=New volcano could raise its head here - Local News - News - General - The Courier |first= |last= |work=thecourier.com.au |date= 28 September 2009 |accessdate=11 February 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowan, Mount}} [[Category:Volcanoes of Australia]] [[Category:Mountains of Victoria (Australia)]]