Mount Teneriffe in central

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, is a distinctive granite formation, above sea level (200m above plain level). It takes its name from the island of

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. Most of the area is within a nature conservation reserve with impressive

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

outcrops at the foot of the mountain. Mount Teneriffe is one of the outliers of the

Strathbogie Ranges The Strathbogie Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges within the Great Dividing Range, rising to at Mount Strathbogie. The Strathbogie Ranges are located approximately north-east of Melbourne, Victoria. Geology and ecology The range is th ...

formed from uplifted

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granite, the erosion of which has filled in the once deep valleys and basins of the Upper Goulburn, the Murray Valley and the Victorian Riverina with

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. The hill is lightly timbered with scattered small trees on the summit. The site is accessed from Alexanderson Rd and then Jefferies Rd and Oak Valley Rd. Some rock-climbing crags are present on the north west face, including ''Sparrow Slabs, Castle Rock, Eagle Rock, and Vertigo Block''. Mt. Teneriffe was the site of the 1983 Australian

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championship.

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