List of volcanoes in New Zealand
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This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.
[edit] Kermadec Arc
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Brothers volcano | -1350 | -4400 | - | - |
| Clark (volcano) | -860 | -2800 | - | |
| Cole (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Cotton (volcano) | -950 | -3100 | - | |
| Curtis Island | 137 | 449 | - | |
| Gamble (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Giggenbach (volcano) | -65 | -210 | - | |
| Healy (volcano) | -1150 | -3800 | 1360 | |
| Hinepuia (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Hinetāpeka (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Macauley Island | 238 | 781 | Holocene | |
| Monowai Seamount | -100 | -330 | 2005 | |
| Pūtoto (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Rakahore (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
| Rumble I | -1100 | -3610 | - | |
| Rumble II | -880 | -2890 | - | |
| Rumble III | -140 | -459 | 1986 | |
| Rumble IV | -450 | -1476 | - | |
| Rumble V | -1100 | -3610 | - | |
| Raoul Island | 516 | 1693 | 2006 | |
| Tangaroa (volcano) | -600 | -2000 | - | |
| Volcano W | -900 | -3000 | - | |
| Wright (volcano) | -750 | -2500 | - | |
[edit] North Island
[edit] Taupo Volcanic Zone
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Mount Edgecumbe/Putauaki | 867 | - | - | ~950 |
| Kawerau | - | - | - | - |
| Maroa | 1156 | 3793 | 180 | |
| Mauao | 232 | - | - | - |
| Mayor Island/Tuhua | 338 | 1165 | 4390 BC ± 200 years | |
| Mokoia Island | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Ngauruhoe | 1978 | 6489 | 1977 | |
| Mount Ngongotaha | 487 | - | - | - |
| Okataina | 1111 | 3645 | 1973 | |
| Pihanga | 1325 | 4347 | - | - |
| Reporoa caldera | 592 | 1942 | 1180 (hydrothermal) | |
| Lake Rotorua | 757 | 2484 | Pleistocene | |
| Mount Ruapehu | 2797 | 9177 | 2007 | |
| Tama Lakes | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera) | 1131 | 3644 | 1886 | |
| Mount Tauhara | 1087 | 3569 | - | Pleistocene |
| Lake Taupo | 760 | 2493 | 181 | |
| Mount Tongariro | 1968 | 1978 | 1926 (Red Crater) | |
| Waiotapu | 592 | 1942 | 1180 | |
| Whakaari/White Island | 321 | 1053 | 2001 | |
| Whakamuru | - | - | - | - |
| Whakatane volcano | -980 | -3200 | - | |
[edit] Elsewhere
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Auckland Volcanic Field | 260 | 853 | 1350 | |
| Bombay Hills, New Zealand | - | - | - | 0.5 million years ago |
| Gannet Island | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
| Hauturu/Little Barrier Island | 722 | 2360 | - | - |
| Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field | 388 | 1273 | 400 ± 300 years | |
| Kaitake | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
| Manukau volcano | 474 | 1555 | - | 16 million years ago |
| Maungatautari | 797 | 2615 | - | - |
| Mount Pirongia | 962 | 3156 | - | - |
| Paritutu (New Plymouth) | 153 | - | - | 1.8 million years ago |
| Poor Knights Islands | - | - | - | 4 million years ago |
| Pouakai | - | - | - | 240,000 years ago |
| Pukekaikoire | 2291 | 7516 | - | |
| Rangitoto Island (part of the Auckland Volcanic Field) | 260 | 853 | - | |
| Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont | 2518 | 8261 | 1755 | |
| Sugar Loaf Islands | - | - | - | 1.75 million years ago |
| Whale Island | 354 | 1161 | Pleistocene | |
| Whangarei volcanic field | 397 | 1302 | - | |
[edit] South Island
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Akaroa | - | - | Miocene | |
| Lyttelton Harbour | 919 | 3010 | Miocene | |
| Mount Horrible (near Timaru) | - | - | 2 million years ago [1] | |
| Otago Harbour | 680 | 2218 | Miocene | |
[edit] Other
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Antipodes Islands | 402 | 1319 | Holocene | |
| Auckland Islands | 260 | 853 | Ancient | |
| Mount Dick[verification needed] | 660 | 2165 | - | - |
| Solander Islands | 330 | 1080 | Pleistocene | |
[edit] 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 | 2001 | |
| Buckle Island | 1239 | 4065 | 1899 | |
| Mount Erebus | 3794 | 12448 | 2006 (continuing) | |
| Young Island | 1340 | 4396 | - | |
[edit] References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).
- New Zealand's Volcanoes, GNS Science
- "News from NIWA", Water & Atmosphere, Vol.13 No.4 (December 2005), p6. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington.
