Mount Warrenheip is an inactive volcanic cone in Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of 714 metres (2,343 ft) AHD. The mountain is a landmark of Dunnstown, Victoria the closest town, with the mountain being located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the Ballarat central business district, in the suburb of Warrenheip.
Mount Warrenheip ceased volcanic activity around 100,000 years ago. Along with Mount Buninyong, it is one of only two forested scoria cones in Victoria.
Location and features
Mount Warrenheip is surrounded by farmland. The foothills are the location of Kryal Castle and cattle grazing.
The name Warrenheip originates from the Wathaurong word Warrengeep, meaning "emu's feathers" in reference to the resemblance of the fern like vegetation coverage which once covered it. In spring, forget-me-not flowers appear on the slopes. Most of the mountain is designated as a nature conservation reserve and there are a small number of koalas and wallabies in residence.
Hundreds of trees on the mountain have died in recent decades from an unknown cause, predominantly peppermints, manna gums and stringy bark gums.
The mountain was subjected to fire in 1866,[1] 1901,[2] 1939 and again in February 2013. Light snow falls on Mount Warrenheip occasionally.
Mount Warrenheip has four telecommunications towers installed at its peak, including antennae for Radio 3BA, Voice FM 99.9, ABC News Radio, Telstra mobile and WiMax services, an amateur radio repeater and police dispatch radio.
See also
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- William (1,167 m or 3,829 ft)
- Difficult
- Wilson
- Zero
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| Victorian Alps |
| Bogong High Plains |
- Nelse West (1,893 m or 6,211 ft)
- Nelse North (1,885 m or 6,184 ft)
- Fainter South (1,883 m or 6,178 ft)
- Hotham (1,862 m or 6,109 ft)
- McKay (1,849 m or 6,066 ft)
- Cope (1,837 m or 6,027 ft)
- Spion Kopje (1,837 m or 6,027 ft)
- Jim (1,818 m or 5,965 ft)
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| Cathedral Range |
- Lake (1,482 m or 4,862 ft)
- The Green Hill (1,241 m or 4,072 ft)
- Sugarloaf (904 m or 2,966 ft)
- The Cathedral (801 m or 2,628 ft)
- South Jawbone Peak (761 m or 2,497 ft)
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| Cobberas Range |
- Cobberas No. 1 (1,810 m or 5,938 ft)
- Cobberas No. 2
- Moscow Peak
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- Cleft Peak
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| Cobbler Plateau |
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- Bogong (1,986 m or 6,516 ft)
- Feathertop (1,922 m or 6,306 ft)
- Loch (1,865 m or 6,119 ft)
- Buller (1,805 m or 5,922 ft)
- Wills (1,755 m or 5,758 ft)
- Gibbo (1,750 m or 5,741 ft)
- Stirling (1,749 m or 5,738 ft)
- Howitt (1,742 m or 5,715 ft)
- The Horn (1,723 m or 5,653 ft)
- Buffalo (1,723 m or 5,653 ft)
- Wellington (1,634 m or 5,361 ft)
- Buggery (Alpine) (1,598 m or 5,243 ft)
- Baw Baw (1,567 m or 5,141 ft)
- Torbreck (1,516 m or 4,974 ft)
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- Selma (1,456 m or 4,777 ft)
- Useful (1,435 m or 4,708 ft)
- Tambo (1,430 m or 4,692 ft)
- Selwyn (1,411 m or 4,629 ft)
- Terrible (1,325 m or 4,347 ft)
- Donna Buang (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)
- Buggery (Wangaratta) (1,153 m or 3,783 ft)
- Bulla Bulla (906 m or 2,972 ft)
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- Brumby Point
- Pine
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- Avoca (747 m or 2,451 ft)
- Warrenmang (537 m or 1,762 ft)
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- Tassie (740 m or 2,428 ft)
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- Matlock (1,377 m or 4,518 ft)
- Ritchie (1,259 m or 4,131 ft)
- Toorongo (1,247 m or 4,091 ft)
- Horsfall (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)
- Kaye (998 m or 3,274 ft)
- Elizabeth (941 m or 3,087 ft)
- Ghiran (924 m or 3,031 ft)
- Disappointment (794 m or 2,605 ft)
- Riddell (781 m or 2,562 ft)
- Beenak (745 m or 2,444 ft)
- Alexander (744 m or 2,441 ft)
- Buninyong (719 m or 2,359 ft)
- Hanging Rock / Diogenes (718 m or 2,356 ft)
- Warrenheip (714 m or 2,343 ft)
- Franklin (648 m or 2,126 ft)
- Beckworth (634 m or 2,080 ft)
- Corhanwarrabul (628 m or 2,060 ft)
- Tarrengower (556 m or 1,824 ft)
- Warrenmang (526 m or 1,726 ft)
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- Warrnambool (216 m or 709 ft)
- Eccles (178 m or 584 ft)
- Wycheproof (148 m or 486 ft)
- Cooper (137 m or 449 ft)
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