List of rock formations of New Zealand
Cape Kidnappers
Orakei Korako
Putangirua Pinnacles
The Pancake Rocks
Castle Hill
Moeraki Boulders
This is a list of notable and prominent rock formations in New Zealand.
North Island
- Castle Craig Rock, Waikato Region
- Cathedral Cove, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato Region
- The Dome of Saint Paul, Northland Region
- Hole in the Rock, Piercy Island, Northland Region
- Horeke basalts, Northland Region
- Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay Region
- Koutu Boulders, Northland Region
- Kupe's Sail, Wairarapa, Wellington Region
- Lion Rock, Piha, Auckland Region
- Mangapohue Natural Bridge, Waikato Region
- Natural Vase, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato Region
- Orakei Korako (including Golden Fleece Terrace and Rainbow Terrace), Bay of Plenty Region
- Pinnacle Ridge, Mount Ruapehu, Wanganui-Manawatu Region
- Putangirua Pinnacles, Wairarapa, Wellington Region
- Te Kaukau Point, Wairarapa, Wellington Region
- Waimangu (including Cathedral Rocks and Warbrick Terrace), Bay of Plenty Region
- Wairere Boulders, Northland Region
- Waro Limestone Reserve, Northland Region
- Young Nick's Head, Gisborne District
The famed Pink and White Terraces, described as "The eighth wonder of the world" were thought destroyed by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886, though some submerged remnants on the bed of Lake Rotomahana were rediscovered in 2011.[1] In 2017, researchers finally mapped the locations of the Pink and White Terraces.[2][3]
South Island
- Ahuriri River clay cliffs, Otago Region
- Blackhead, Dunedin, Otago Region
- Boulder Bank, Nelson Region
- Castle Hill, Canterbury Region
- Cathedral Caves, The Catlins, Otago Region
- Cook's Head Rock, Otago Region
- Curio Bay, The Catlins, Southland Region
- Elephant Rocks, Otago Region
- Farewell Spit, Tasman Region
- Huriawa Peninsula, Otago Region
- Kaitorete Spit, Canterbury Region
- Moeraki Boulders, Otago Region
- Nugget Point, The Catlins, Otago Region
- The Old Man of the Buller, West Coast Region
- Ōnawe Peninsula, Canterbury Region
- Oparara Basin Arches, West Coast Region
- The Organ Pipes, Dunedin, Otago Region
- Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki, West Coast Region
- The Pyramids, Victory Beach, Otago Region
- Quailburn Clay Cliffs, Otago Region
- Rapanui (Shag Rock), Christchurch, Canterbury Region (partially destroyed in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake)
- Split Apple Rock, Tasman Region
- Tunnel Beach natural arch, Dunedin, Otago Region
References
- ↑ Anheizen Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Bunn, Rex; Nolden, Sascha (2017-06-07). "Forensic cartography with Hochstetter's 1859 Pink and White Terraces survey: Te Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 0 (0): 1–18. doi:10.1080/03036758.2017.1329748. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ↑ Bunn and Nolden, Rex and Sascha (December 2016). "Te Tarata and Te Otukapuarangi: Reverse engineering Hochstetter's Lake Rotomahana Survey to map the Pink and White Terrace locations". Journal of New Zealand Studies. NS23: 37–53.
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