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Name Elevation Location Last eruption metres feet Coordinates; Auckland volcanic field: 260: 853: 1421 Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field): 379--550,000 years ago ...
Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera.Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886.
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupō, fills the caldera formed in this eruption. Taupō's most recent major eruption, the Taupō or Hatepe eruption, took place around 232 CE, and is New Zealand's largest eruption since Oruanui. [5] It ejected some 120 km 3 of material (rating 7 on the VEI scale), [6] with around 30 km 3 ejected in just a few ...
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]
The name change has not yet been ratified by the New Zealand Geographic Board. [44] On 30 January 2025, the New Zealand Parliament passed legislation officially recognising Taranaki as a legal person under the name Taranaki Maunga. Under the legislation, Mount Egmont ceased to be an official name for the mountain.
This beautiful and active volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been in eruption since millions of years ago, and began spewing lava flows on Nov. 27, 2022. for the first time since 1984.
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Ruapehu is located in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Ohakune, New Zealand and 23 km (14 mi) southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within Tongariro National Park. Ruapehu is the largest and southernmost volcano in the national park, with an estimated volume of 110 km 3. [5]