Mount Tor is an extinct volcano located on the
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Geography Australia
* Western Australia
*Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia
* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
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above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
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Geology
Mount Tor was a
shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels farther and forms thinner flows than the more v ...
of the
Mount Read Volcanics
The Mount Read Volcanics is a Cambrian volcanic belt that exists in Western Tasmania.
It is a complex belt due to folding, faulting and a range of tectonic events.
It is a productive mineralised belt that has profitable copper-silver and gold pr ...
on Tasmania West Coast.
The last eruption was 500 million years ago.
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Volcanoes of Tasmania
Inactive volcanoes