List of volcanoes in New Zealand

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This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.

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See also: Volcanism of New Zealand and Lists of volcanoes

Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metres feet Coordinates
Brothers volcano -1350 -4400 - -
Clark (volcano) -860 -2800 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Cole (volcano) - - - -
Cotton (volcano) -950 -3100 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Curtis Island 137 449 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Gamble (volcano) - - - -
Giggenbach (volcano) -65 -210 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Havre Seamount - - Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2012
Healy (volcano) -1150 -3800 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1360
Hinepuia (volcano) - - - -
Hinetāpeka (volcano) - - - -
Macauley Island 238 781 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Holocene
Monowai Seamount -100 -330 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2008
Pūtoto (volcano) - - - -
Rakahore (volcano) - - - -
Rumble I -1100 -3610 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Rumble II -880 -2890 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Rumble III -140 -459 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1986
Rumble IV -450 -1476 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Rumble V -1100 -3610 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Raoul Island 516 1693 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2006
Silent I[1] - - - -
Silent II[1] - - - -
Tangaroa (volcano) -600 -2000 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Volcano W -900 -3000 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Wright (volcano) -750 -2500 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -

North Island

Taupo Volcanic Zone

Major volcanoes of New Zealand
Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metres feet Coordinates
Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe) 867 - Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ~ 300 BC[2]
Hauhungatahi 1521 4990 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Kawerau - - - -
Manawahe Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ~ 400,000 years ago[3]
Maungakakaramea / Rainbow Mountain 743 2437 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Maungaongaonga 509 1670 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Maroa Caldera 1156 3793 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 180
Mauao (Mt Maunganui) 232 - Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Mayor Island/Tuhua 338 1165 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 4390 BC ± 200 years
Mokoia Island - - - -
Mount Ngauruhoe 2291 7516 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1977
Mount Ngongotaha 487 - - -
Okataina Caldera 1111 3645 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1973
Pihanga 1325 4347 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Reporoa Caldera 592 1942 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1180 (hydrothermal)
Lake Rotorua 757 2484 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pleistocene
Mount Ruapehu 2797 9177 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2007
Tama Lakes - - - -
Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera) 1111 3644 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1886
Mount Tauhara 1087 3569 - Pleistocene
Lake Taupo 760 2493 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 181
Mount Tongariro 1968 6456 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2012
Waiotapu 592 1942 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1180
Whakaari/White Island 321 1053 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2013
Moutohora Island 354 1161 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pleistocene
Whakamuru - - - -
Whakatane volcano -980 -3200 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -

Elsewhere

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metres feet Coordinates
Auckland Volcanic Field 260 853 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1350
Bombay Hills - - - 500,000 years ago
Gannet Island - - - 500,000 years ago
Little Barrier Island 722 2360 - 1.5 million years ago
Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field 388 1273 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 400 ± 300 years
Kaitake - - - 500,000 years ago
Karioi 756 2480 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2.4 million years ago
Manukau volcano 474 1555 - 16 million years ago
Maungatautari 797 2615 - -
Mount Pirongia 962 3156 - -
Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands 153 - - 1.7 million years ago[4]
Poor Knights Islands - - - 4 million years ago
Pouakai - - - 240,000 years ago
Rangitoto Island (part of the Auckland Volcanic Field) 260 853 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1350
Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont 2518 8261 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1755
Whangarei volcanic field 397 1302 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -

South Island

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Akaroa Volcano - - Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miocene
Lyttelton Volcano 919 3010 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miocene
Mount Horrible (near Timaru) - - Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2 million years ago [5]
Otago Volcano 680 2218 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. c. 10 million years ago [6]

Other

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Antipodes Islands 402 1319 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Holocene
Auckland Island 650 1981 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Miocene[7]
Pitt Island 241 791 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ancient[vague]
Mount Dick (Adams Island)[8] 705 2313 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -
Solander Islands 330 1080 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pleistocene

Ross Dependency

New Zealand also has de facto administration over Ross Dependency in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Brown Peak 1500 5000 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2001
Buckle Island 1239 4065 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1899
Mount Erebus 3794 12448 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2008 (continuing)
Young Island 1340 4396 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. -

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John H. Latter, Edwards F. Lloyd, Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. () New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands. Volcanic Hazards Working Group, Civil Defence Scientific Advisory Committee.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Wilson, John (2009). "South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  6. ↑ Bishop, D.G., and Turnbull, I.M. (compilers) (1996). Geology of the Dunedin Area. Lower Hutt, NZ: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences. ISBN 0-478-09521-X.
  7. ↑ Google Books
  8. ↑ Auckland Islands. Polar Conservation Organisation.

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