The Huge Super Volcano in Victoria Australia

Hidden beneath the tranquil forests of Victoria lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary geological secrets: the Cerberean supervolcano. This massive 27-kilometre-wide caldera, preserved in the high country near Marysville and Lake Mountain, marks the site of one of the largest explosive eruptions in Australia’s deep-time history. With nearly nine hundred cubic kilometres of ignimbrite packed inside the caldera, the Cerberean eruption rivals the great supervolcanoes of the world and showcases the incredible power of ancient Australian volcanism. This blog post explores how the eruption unfolded, how the enormous magma chamber formed beneath the Selwyn Block, and how the collision of the VanDieland microcontinent set the stage for one of the most violent geological events ever recorded on the continent.