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This is a partial list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand. ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... List of volcanoes in New Zealand.
The Kermadec Islands are an active volcanic island arc stretching north-northeast from New Zealand's North Island towards Tonga. While only a few volcanoes in the arc are tall enough to form islands, it includes about 30 sizeable submarine volcanoes with many in the South Kermadec Ridge Seamounts at the New Zealand end of the chain.
The island covers an area of approximately 325 ha (800 acres), [3] which is just the peak of a much larger submarine volcano. Topographical map of Whakaari / White Island. The island is New Zealand's most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years. [4]
Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in New Zealand, has the highest point in the North Island and has three major peaks: Tahurangi (2,797 m), Te Heuheu (2,755 m) and Paretetaitonga (2,751 m). The deep, active crater is between the peaks and fills with water between major eruptions, being known as Crater Lake (Māori: Te Wai ā-moe).
The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island. The approximately 53 volcanoes [ 2 ] in the field have produced a diverse array of maars (explosion craters), tuff rings , scoria cones, and lava flows.
The central red area is the Oruanui caldera with surrounding collapse crater in lighter red. It is superimposed on present day New Zealand although at the time New Zealand land mass was larger, as sea level was much lower. Hatepe eruption impact of a 10-cm ash deposit (white shading) and ignimbrite from pyroclastic flow (yellow shading). The ...
Ngauruhoe was New Zealand's most active volcano in the 20th century with 45 eruptions, the most recent in 1977. [1] [3] Fumaroles exist inside the inner crater and on the rim of the eastern, outer crater. Climbers who suffer from asthma may be affected by the strong sulphurous gases emitted from the crater. Aerial photo of Mount Ngauruhoe's crater.
Mayor Island / Tūhua is the northern-most shield volcano adjacent to the New Zealand coast, and is believed to have been active in the last 1000 years. [14] It is formed from rhyolite magma. [ 15 ] It has a quite complex eruptive history but only with one definite significant Plinian eruption . [ 14 ]