Mount Noorat

{{Short description|Mountain in Victoria, Australia}}

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Mount Noorat is a dormant volcano, situated on Glenormiston Road north of the township of Noorat, and approximately six kilometres north of Terang, Victoria, Australia.{{cite web|accessdate=29 December 2009|url=http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/glenregn.nsf/pages/eruption_points_noorat|title=Mount Noorat|publisher=Department of Primary Industries, The State of Victoria|date=19 June 2009}} The last eruption is estimated to have occurred between 5,000 and 20,000 years ago.

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Mount Noorat is a major volcano of the Newer Volcanics Province of Victoria, with a peak height of 310 metres above sea level and a crater between 160 and 200 metres. It is characterised by multiple vents, a complex topography, and the deepest scoria enclosed crater in Victoria.{{Cite web|url=http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/glenregn.nsf/pages/eruption_points_noorat|title = Mount Noorat}} The mount illustrates a transition from maar eruption to scoria cone development, and includes megacryst and xenolith.