Tauanui
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Tauanui is a 351 m high basalt
ic scoria cone in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field
in New Zealand
. It is the youngest volcano of the field, having erupted around 60,000 years ago, and also the southernmost of the group. South of the scoria cone is Lake Tauanui
. To the northwest of Tauanui is a smaller scoria cone, Hangunui Pā.
Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...
ic scoria cone in the 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:...
in New Zealand
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...
. It is the youngest volcano of the field, having erupted around 60,000 years ago, and also the southernmost of the group. South of the scoria cone is Lake Tauanui
Lake Tauanui
Lake Tauanui is a lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand. North of the lake is Tauanui volcanic scoria cone....
. To the northwest of Tauanui is a smaller scoria cone, Hangunui Pā.