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Australia: World's longest continental volcano chain is three times the length of Yellowstone

The world's longest continental volcano chain has been discovered in Australia, running 2,000km - three times the length of the Yellowstone hotspot track in north America. The chain runs from the Whitsundays in North Queensland to near Melbourne in Victoria and was created over the past 33 million years, as Australia moved north over a hotspot in Earth's mantle.
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Rangitoto research prompts rethink of Auckland volcanoes

Rangitoto research prompts rethink of Auckland volcanoes
University of Auckland scientists have discovered that Rangitoto erupted not once or twice as previously believed, but multiple times over a period of 1,000 years, prompting a rethink of how Auckland volcanoes may behave in the future.
Rangitoto is the most recent volcano to erupt in Auckland.
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There are only two active volcanoes on Australian territory: "Big Ben" on Heard Island in the depths of the Southern Ocean, and Mawson Peak on nearby McDonald Island, whose eruptions doubled the island's size in the final two decades of the last century.
In the past 40,000 years there had been a cycle of increased volcanic activity that could be pointing to future events.
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