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The plateau is approximately 60 km (37 mi) east–west and the north–south distance is about 125 km (78 mi). [1]Extensive ignimbrite sheets spread east and west from the Central Taupō Volcanic Zone, centred on the huge active supervolcanic caldera of Lake Taupō, now the largest lake in New Zealand.
Mount Tongariro (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə r ɪr oʊ /; Māori: [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]) is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest of Lake Taupō , and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
The main peak of the volcano has at about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) to its south a large extrusion dome (trig B27G) [1] that is 592 metres (1,942 ft) high. [3] Also to the south, about the 330 metres (1,080 ft) level, are pumice raft blocks on the valley margins, as for a period following the Taupo eruption of 232 CE the whole area of lowland ...
Much of the volcanic activity in the northern portions of the North Island of New Zealand is recent in geological terms and has taken place over the last 30 million years. . This is primarily due to the North Island's position on the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates, a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and particularly the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Indo ...
Mount Ngauruhoe (Māori: Ngāuruhoe) is a volcanic cone in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro stratovolcano complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island and first erupted about 2,500 years ago. [3] Although often regarded as a separate mountain, geologically, it is a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro.
Across the saddle to the west is the volcanic peak of Tihia. Pihanga and Lake Rotopounamu are part of the 5,129ha Pihanga Scenic Reserve, which in 1975 was added to the Tongariro National Park . Pihanga appears to have a large crater, but this is in fact the result of erosion, and the "crater" quickly narrows into a steep gorge.
Mount Ruapehu (Māori: [ˈɾʉaˌpɛhʉ]; English / ˈ r uː ə ˌ p eɪ h uː /) is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island volcanic plateau in New Zealand. It is 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Ohakune and 23 km (14 mi) southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within the Tongariro National Park.
Satellite image of the Big Raven Plateau in British Columbia, Canada Rangipo Desert of the North Island Volcanic Plateau. Numerous tephra layers are visible. The Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico, United States is an example of a volcanic plateau. A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava ...