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| isolation_km = 0.63| isolation_ref = | listing = | location = North West Tasmania, Australia| range = | map = | map_caption = | map_size = 280| label_position = right-40.7637format=dmsdisplay=inline,title}}| range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo =| type = | age =| first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}The Nut is a volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Tasmania.NEWS, Worthington, Jackson, New research into intraplate volcanism has revealed how The Nut at Stanley was formed,www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7073238/tasmanias-volcanic-secrets-erupt-to-the-surface/, 3 July 2021, The Advocate (Tasmania), 3 January 2021, WEB, The Nut State Reserve,parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/the-nut-state-reserve, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, 3 July 2021, WEB,tasmania.com/points-of-interest/the-nut-in-stanley/, The Nut in Stanley, Tasmania.com, 16 July 2021, It is made of fragments of basaltic volcanic rock from a volcano that was active about 25–70 million years ago. It has an elevation of {{convert|143|m}} above sea level.

History

The areas around it are culturally significant to the local Tarkine Aboriginal people because of stone formations, middens, quarries and artefact scatters near the area.WEB, Stanley, the base for Tarkine exploration,discoverthetarkine.com.au/stanley-the-base-for-tarkine-exploration/, 1 January 2021, Discover the Tarkine, 5 July 2021, The European discovery of the Nut was made by George Bass and Matthew Flinders when they circumnavigated Tasmania in the sloop Norfolk.WEB, Stanley,www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/stanley-20040208-gdkqps.html, 8 February 2004, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 2021, The origins of its name are speculated to be from the Tasmanian Aboriginal name, “munatrik” (moo-nut-re-ker), or because explosives were unable to dent it during the construction of a breakwater.WEB, Emily, The Nut,traversingtasmania.com/2018/06/10/the-nut/, 10 June 2018, Traversing Tasmania, 5 July 2021,

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