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I learned something today
My schooling taught me that Australia* doesn't have have any volcanoes.
Not so
"Big Ben is a volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a composite cone with a diameter of approximately 25 kilometres. Its highest peak is Mawson Peak, which is 2,745 m above sea level. Much of it is covered by ice, including 14 major glaciers which descend from Big Ben to the sea. Big Ben is the highest mountain in Australian Territory."
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*I suppose if "on the Australian continent" is the context, then my schooling was correct.
Not so
"Big Ben is a volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a composite cone with a diameter of approximately 25 kilometres. Its highest peak is Mawson Peak, which is 2,745 m above sea level. Much of it is covered by ice, including 14 major glaciers which descend from Big Ben to the sea. Big Ben is the highest mountain in Australian Territory."
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*I suppose if "on the Australian continent" is the context, then my schooling was correct.
skully- Number of posts : 105795
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Australia
embee- Number of posts : 26169
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Skully did go to school in the country
I fink he may have left out the word 'active'
I fink he may have left out the word 'active'
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a number of volcanos are recorded for SE Queensland...this just goes to show how resilient the ned necked dinosaur is
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Well, I guess I learned something extra today.embee wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Australia
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I fink you're right.G.Wood wrote:Skully did go to school in the country
I fink he may have left out the word 'active'
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as well as the fact that not all dinosaurs became extinct - eg Clive Palmer, Peter Beattie, Wayne Swanasaurus, Can Doasaur, slawasaur
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Big Dog wrote:Ar'nt the Glasshouse Mountains all extinct Volcano's?
yes...tho swan, Krudd, joyce, newman, palmer, katter, slaw, schoolgirl still stomp around the country as dinosaurs
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