Editing Great Basalt Wall National Park

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| name                   = Great Basalt Wall National Park
| state                  = qld
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| nearest_town_or_city   = Charters Towers
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'''Great Basalt Wall''' is a [[national park]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], 1124&nbsp;km northwest of [[Brisbane]]. This national park protects 35,200&nbsp;ha of land containing the Great Basalt Wall, a geological formation of the Toomba flow. The Toomba volcano erupted approximately 20,000 years ago, covered 670 square kilometres, and flowed for 120 km.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mishra|first1=A. K.|last2=Placzek|first2=C.|last3=Wurster|first3=C.|last4=Whitehead|first4=P. W.|date=2019-01-02|title=New radiocarbon age constraints for the 120 km-long Toomba flow, north Queensland, Australia|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08120099.2019.1523227|journal=Australian Journal of Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=66|issue=1|pages=71–79|doi=10.1080/08120099.2019.1523227|s2cid=134482108 |issn=0812-0099}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Benjamin E.|last2=Mark|first2=Darren F.|last3=Fallon|first3=Stewart J.|last4=Stephenson|first4=P. Jon|date=2017-04-01|title=Holocene-Neogene volcanism in northeastern Australia: Chronology and eruption history|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101416300826|journal=Quaternary Geochronology|volume=39|pages=79–91|doi=10.1016/j.quageo.2017.01.003|issn=1871-1014|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125144136/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101416300826|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of the most recent volcanic eruptions in Queensland.  Due to the viscous nature of the rocky lava flows the park is not accessible to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/great-basalt-wall/index.html |title=Great Basalt Wall National Park |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 Sep 2016 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=16 Mar 2019 }}</ref>

249 animal species inhabit the park.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Animals of Great Basalt Wall National Park |url=https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-great-basalt-wall&Kingdom=animals |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> The elevation of the terrain is 498 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Basalt Wall National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-ie.topographic-map.com/maps/zndr/Great-Basalt-Wall-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]
* [[List of volcanoes in Australia#Queensland|List of volcanoes in Queensland]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/great-basalt-wall/index.html Great Basalt Wall National Park facts and maps]
* [http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/toomba/toomba.html Toomba, Queensland, Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616003214/http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/toomba/toomba.html |date=16 June 2012 }}

{{Far North Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1987]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Australia]]


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