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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in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Brothers volcano Brothers volcano The Brothers volcano is a Pacific Ocean submarine volcano in the Kermadec Arc, 340 kilometres north east of New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island. Within its oval outline, which measures 13 km by 8 km, it contains a 3 km wide caldera with walls 300-500 m high... |
-1350 | -4400 | - | |
| Clark (volcano) | -860 | -2800 | 36.446°S 177.839°E | |
| Cole (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Cotton (volcano) | -950 | -3100 | 35.05°S 178.99°E | |
| Curtis Island | 137 | 449 | 30.542°S 178.561°E | |
| Gamble (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Giggenbach (volcano) | -65 | -210 | 30.036°S 178.712°E | |
| Healy (volcano) Healy (volcano) Healy is a submarine volcano located among New Zealand's Kermadec Islands. Its last major eruption took place around 1360, creating a large caldera.-References:*... |
-1150 | -3800 | 34.98°S 179.00°E | 1360 |
| Hinepuia (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Hinetāpeka (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Macauley Island Macauley Island Macauley Island is a volcanic island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, approximately halfway between New Zealand's North Island and Tonga in the southwest Pacific Ocean.... |
238 | 781 | 30.20°S 178.47°E | Holocene |
| Monowai Seamount Monowai Seamount Monowai is a volcanic seamount to the north of New Zealand. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kermadec volcanic arc.The most recent eruption was in 2008.... |
-100 | -330 | 25.887°S 177.188°E | 2008 |
| Pūtoto (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Rakahore (volcano) | - | - | - | |
| Rumble I | -1100 | -3610 | 35.5°S 178.9°E | |
| Rumble II | -880 | -2890 | 35.4°S 178.6°E | |
| Rumble III | -140 | -459 | 35.745°S 178.478°E | 1986 |
| Rumble IV | -450 | -1476 | 36.13°S 178.05°E | |
| Rumble V | -1100 | -3610 | 36.139°S 178.197°E | |
| Raoul Island Raoul Island Anvil-shaped Raoul Island , the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, , has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past several thousand years that was dominated by dacitic explosive eruptions.The area of the island, including fringing islets and rocks... |
516 | 1693 | 29.27°S 177.92°E | 2006 |
| Silent I | - | - | - | |
| Silent II | - | - | - | |
| Tangaroa (volcano) | -600 | -2000 | 36.321°S 178.028°E | - |
| Volcano W | -900 | -3000 | 31.85°S 179.18°E | - |
| Wright (volcano) | -750 | -2500 | 31.5°S 179.2°E | - |
Taupo Volcanic Zone
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Mount Edgecumbe/Putauaki | 867 | |||
| 38.1°S 176.8°E | ~ 300 BC | |||
| Hauhungatahi Hauhungatahi Hauhungatahi is an eroded volcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand, located about WNW of Mount Ruapehu. Although relatively little-known, at Hauhungatahi is one of the highest volcanoes in New Zealand, exceeded in elevation by only Ruapehu, Taranaki/Egmont , and the... |
1521 | 4990 | 39.23°S 175.44°E | |
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| Manawahe | 37.9639°S 176.6713°E | ~ 400,000 years ago | ||
| Maroa Maroa Maroa may refer to:*United States** Maroa, Illinois** Maroa Township, Illinois*Venezuela**Maroa, Venezuela**Maroa Municipality*New Zealand**Maroa Caldera*Film**Maroa... |
1156 | 3793 | 38.42°S 176.08°E | 180 |
| Mauao | 232 | |||
| 37.630°S 176.171°E | ||||
| Mayor Island/Tuhua Mayor Island/Tuhua Mayor Island is a dormant shield volcano located off the Bay of Plenty coast of New Zealand's North Island. It lies north of Tauranga and covers . The island is quite steep along its coast and rises to about sea level. A saddle about deep separates it from the North Island, while the other... |
338 | 1165 | 37°17′S 176°15′E | 4390 BC ± 200 years |
| Mokoia Island Mokoia Island Mokoia Island is located in Lake Rotorua in New Zealand. It has an area of 1.35 square kilometres. The island is a rhyolite lava dome, rising to 180 metres above the lake surface. It erupted after the Rotorua caldera was formed, tapping a different magma source... |
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| Mount Ngauruhoe Mount Ngauruhoe Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano or composite cone in New Zealand, made from layers of lava and tephra. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro volcanic complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island, and first erupted about 2,500 years ago... |
2291 | 7516 | 39.8°S 175.39°E | 1977 |
| Mount Ngongotaha | 487 | |||
| Okataina | 1111 | 3645 | 38.12°S 176.50°E | 1973 |
| Pihanga Pihanga Mount Pihanga is a 1325m volcanic peak in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, located to the north of Mount Tongariro, between Tongariro and Lake Taupo. Lake Rotoaira lies immediately to the west of Pihanga, and the smaller Lake Rotopounamu is at the north-west foot of the mountain. Mt... |
1325 | 4347 | 39°02′28.75"S 175°46′7"E | |
| Reporoa Caldera Reporoa caldera The Reporoa caldera is a 10 km by 15 km caldera in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone. It formed some 230,000 years ago, in a large eruption that deposited the approximately 100 km3 Kaingaroa Ignimbrites. It contains three rhyolitic lava domes and the active Reporoa geothermal field... |
592 | 1942 | 38.42°S 176.33°E | 1180 (hydrothermal) |
| Lake Rotorua Rotorua Caldera The Rotorua Caldera is one of several large volcanoes located in the Taupo Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand. Its last major eruption was about 240,000 years ago. At this time, the Mamaku ignimbrite, covering about 4000 square km, was deposited. After the eruption, the magma... |
757 | 2484 | 38.08°S 176.27°E | Pleistocene |
| Mount Ruapehu Mount Ruapehu Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. It is 23 kilometres northeast of Ohakune and 40 kilometres southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupo, within Tongariro National Park... |
2797 | 9177 | 39.18°S 175.35°E | 2007 |
| Tama Lakes Tama Lakes The Tama Lakes are two crater lakes in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park. They fill two of a series of explosion craters on the Tama Saddle between Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngaruahoe .-External links:*... |
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| Mount Tarawera Mount Tarawera Mount Tarawera is the volcano responsible for New Zealand's largest historic eruption. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua in the North Island, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886, which killed over... (part of the Okataina caldera) |
1111 | 3644 | 38.22°S 176.5°E | 1886 |
| Mount Tauhara Mount Tauhara Mount Tauhara is a dormant stratovolcano, reaching 3,569 feet above sea level, situated within the Taupō caldera towards the centre of the Taupō Volcanic Zone, which stretches from White Island in the north, to Mount Ruapehu in the south, to Mount Taranaki in the west.... |
1087 | 3569 | ||
| Pleistocene | ||||
| Lake Taupo Lake Taupo Lake Taupo is a lake situated in the North Island of New Zealand. With a surface area of , it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray .... |
760 | 2493 | 38.82°S 176.00°E | 181 |
| Mount Tongariro Mount Tongariro Mount Tongariro is a volcanic complex in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres to the southwest of Lake Taupo, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.... |
1968 | 6456 | 39°8′S 175°39′E | 1926 (Red Crater) |
| Waiotapu | 592 | 1942 | 38.42°S 176.33°E | 1180 |
| Whakaari/White Island Whakaari/White Island Whakaari/White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The nearest mainland towns are Whakatane and Tauranga.... |
321 | 1053 | 37.52°S 177.18°E | 2011 |
| Whale Island Whale Island, New Zealand Moutohora Island or Whale Island is a small uninhabited island located off the Bay of Plenty coast of New Zealand's North Island, about north of the town of Whakatane. The island is a remnant of a complex volcano which has eroded, leaving two peaks... |
354 | 1161 | 37.858°S 176.98°E | Pleistocene |
| Whakamuru | - | - | - | |
| Whakatane volcano | -980 | -3200 | 36.8°S 177.5°E | |
Elsewhere
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Auckland Volcanic Field Auckland Volcanic Field The Auckland volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand. Basaltic in nature, it underlies much of the metropolitan area of Auckland.... |
260 | 853 | 36.90°S 174.87°E | 1350 |
| Bombay Hills | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
| Gannet Island Gannet Island Gannet Island is a small island some offshore from Kawhia on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Protected as a wildlife sanctuary, it was found to be the country's largest single breeding colony of Australasian Gannets in a 1980 census.The island consists of the eroded remnant of a... |
- | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
| Little Barrier Island | 722 | 2360 | - | 1.5 million years ago |
| Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field is located in the Northland region of New Zealand, near Kaikohe. It contains around 12 small basaltic scoria cones, and a rhyolite dome, which erupted between 500,000 and 60,000 years ago.-List of volcanoes:... |
388 | 1273 | 35.30°S 173.90°E | 400 ± 300 years |
| Kaitake | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
| Manukau volcano | 474 | 1555 | - | 16 million years ago |
| Maungatautari | 797 | 2615 | - | |
| Mount Pirongia Mount Pirongia Mount Pirongia is an extinct volcano located in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises to 959 metres and is the highest peak in the Waikato region. It was active in the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene times... |
962 | 3156 | - | |
| Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands Sugar Loaf Islands The Sugar Loaf Islands are a collection of five small uninhabited islands and several sea stacks near Port Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand. The largest island, Moturoa Island, covers approximately... |
153 | - | - | 1.7 million years ago |
| Poor Knights Islands Poor Knights Islands The Poor Knights Islands are a group of islands off the east coast of the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. They are located to the northeast of Whangarei, and lie offshore half way between Bream Head and Cape Brett. Uninhabited since the 1820s, they are a nature reserve and... |
- | - | - | 4 million years ago |
| Pouakai Pouakai Pouakai may refer to:* an alternative spelling of Poukai, a bird monster in Polynesian mythology who ate humans* Haast's Eagle, an extinct bird of New Zealand* an eroded, extinct volcano on the northern flank of Mount Taranaki... |
- | - | - | 240,000 years ago |
| Rangitoto Island Rangitoto Island Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km wide island is an iconic and widely visible landmark of Auckland with its distinctive symmetrical shield volcano cone rising 260 metres high over the Hauraki Gulf... (part of the Auckland Volcanic Field) |
260 | 853 | 36°47′13"S 174°51′29"E | 1350 |
| Mount Taranaki Mount Taranaki Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Although the mountain is more commonly referred to as Taranaki, it has two official names under the alternative names policy of the New Zealand... or Mount Egmont |
2518 | 8261 | 39.3°S 174.1°E | 1755 |
| Whangarei volcanic field | 397 | 1302 | 35.75°S 174.27°E | |
South Island
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Akaroa Volcano | - | - | 43°48′S 172°57′E | Miocene |
| Lyttelton Volcano | 919 | 3010 | 43°36′S 172°43′E | Miocene |
| Mount Horrible (near Timaru Timaru TimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:... ) |
- | - | 44°23′S 171°3′E | 2 million years ago |
| Otago Volcano | 680 | 2218 | 45°49′S 170°39′E | c. 10 million years ago |
Other
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Antipodes Islands Antipodes Islands The Antipodes Islands are inhospitable volcanic islands to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand... |
402 | 1319 | 49.68°S 178.77°E | Holocene |
| Auckland Island Auckland Island Auckland Island is the main island of the Auckland Islands, an uninhabited archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. It is inscribed in the together with the other subantarctic New Zealand islands in the region as follows: 877-004 Auckland Isls, New Zealand S50.29 E165.52... |
650 | 1981 | 50.69°N 166.08°W | Miocene |
| Pitt Island | 241 | 791 | 44.18°S 176.13°W | Ancient |
| Mount Dick Mount Dick Mount Dick is a 705 metre peak on Adams Island, the second-largest of New Zealand's Auckland Island chain. It is the highest point in the Auckland Islands. Mount Dick is on the rim of an extinct volcano, the crater of which now forms Carnley Harbour, which separates Adams Island from the larger... (Adams Island Adams Island, New Zealand Adams Island is part of Auckland Islands archipelago. The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island , which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of at... ) |
705 | 2313 | 50°52′28"S 166°4′55"E | |
| Solander Islands Solander Islands The Solander Islands are a small chain of uninhabited volcanic islets lying at , close to the western end of the Foveaux Strait in southern New Zealand... |
330 | 1080 | 46°34′S 166°53′E | Pleistocene |
Ross Dependency
New Zealand also has de facto administration over Ross DependencyRoss Dependency
The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south...
in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Brown Peak Brown Peak (Sturge Island) Brown Peak is the highest point of the Balleny Islands. It is situated on the northern part of Sturge Island, near East Antarctica. A stratovolcano, Brown Peak is considered to belong to the Balleny Islands Ranges, a subset of the Wilkes Land Coast Ranges... |
1500 | 5000 | 67.40°S 164.83°E | 2001 |
| Buckle Island Buckle Island Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies northwest of Sturge Island and southeast of Young Island, some north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.... |
1239 | 4065 | 66.80°S 163.25°E | 1899 |
| Mount Erebus Mount Erebus Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost historically active volcano on Earth, the second highest volcano in Antarctica , and the 6th highest ultra mountain on an island. With a summit elevation of , it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mount... |
3794 | 12448 | 77°32′S 167°17′E | 2008 (continuing) |
| Young Island Young Island Young Island is the northernmost and westernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean... |
1340 | 4396 | 66.42°S 162.45°E | |
External links
- New Zealand's Volcanoes, GNS ScienceGNS ScienceGNS Science is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. It focuses on geology, geophysics , and nuclear science ....
- "News from NIWA", Water & Atmosphere, Vol.13 No.4 (December 2005), p6. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric ResearchNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric ResearchThe National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA , is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. Established in 1992, NIWA conducts commercial and non-commercial research across a broad range of disciplines in the environmental sciences...
, Wellington.