Glass House Mountains National Park
Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park at Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1. It is 70 km (43 mi) north of Brisbane and consists of a flat plain punctuated by rhyolite and trachyte volcanic plugs, the cores of extinct volcanoes that formed 26 million to 27 million years ago. The mountains would once have had pyroclastic exteriors, but these have eroded away.
| Glass House Mountains National Park Queensland | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
Mount Coonowrin, Glass House Mountains | |
Glass House Mountains National Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E |
| Established | 1994 |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Glass House Mountains National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
| Glass House Mountains National Park | |
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Location of Glass House Mountains National Park in Queensland | |
| Location | Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 26.93°S 152.9172°E |
Queensland Heritage Register | |
| Official name | Glass House Mountains National Park and Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1 |
| Type | state heritage (landscape) |
| Designated | 3 May 2007 |
| Reference no. | 602494 |
| Significant period | early Tertiary Period - present |
The national park was established in 1994. On 23 June 2010 the Queensland Government announced the expansion of the park to include an additional 2,117 hectares (5,230 acres). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 May 2007.
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