Waitomokia

Vineyards within Waitomokia's explosion crater.

Waitomokia (also Gabriel Hill or Mount Gabriel) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. Its 600 m (2,000 ft) wide tuff crater contained three small scoria cones up to 20 m (66 ft) high, one with a crater, which were quarried away.

References

  • City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.

Coordinates: 36°58′37″S 174°46′13″E / 36.976981°S 174.770336°E / -36.976981; 174.770336


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