List of volcanoes in New Zealand
This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.
Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
Brothers volcano | -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 | - |
Havre Seamount | - | - | 31°07′13″S 179°58′07″W | 2012 |
Healy (volcano) | -1150 | -3800 | 34.98°S 179.00°E | 1360 |
Hinepuia (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
Hinetāpeka (volcano) | - | - | - | - |
Macauley Island | 238 | 781 | 30.20°S 178.47°E | Holocene |
Monowai Seamount | -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 | 516 | 1693 | 29.2689°S 177.9279°E | 2006 |
Silent I[1] | - | - | - | - |
Silent II[1] | - | - | - | - |
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 | - |
North Island
Taupo Volcanic Zone
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe) | 867 | - | 38.1°S 176.8°E | ~ 300 BC[2] |
Hauhungatahi | 1521 | 4990 | 39.23°S 175.44°E | - |
Kawerau | - | - | - | - |
Manawahe | 37.9639°S 176.6713°E | ~ 400,000 years ago[3] | ||
Maungakakaramea / Rainbow Mountain | 743 | 2437 | 38.319°S 176.388°E | |
Maungaongaonga | 509 | 1670 | 38.326°S 176.345°E | |
Maroa Caldera | 1156 | 3793 | 38.42°S 176.08°E | 180 |
Mount Maunganui | 232 | - | 37.630°S 176.171°E | - |
Mayor Island/Tuhua | 338 | 1165 | 37°17′S 176°15′E | 4390 BC ± 200 years |
Mokoia Island | - | - | - | - |
Mount Ngauruhoe | 2291 | 7516 | 39.8°S 175.39°E | 1977 |
Mount Ngongotahā | 487 | - | - | - |
Okataina Caldera | 1111 | 3645 | 38.12°S 176.50°E | 1973 |
Pihanga | 1325 | 4347 | 39°02′28.75″S 175°46′7″E | - |
Reporoa Caldera | 592 | 1942 | 38.42°S 176.33°E | 1180 (hydrothermal) |
Lake Rotorua | 757 | 2484 | 38.08°S 176.27°E | Pleistocene |
Mount Ruapehu | 2797 | 9177 | 39.18°S 175.35°E | 2007 |
Tama Lakes | - | - | - | - |
Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera) | 1111 | 3644 | 38.22°S 176.5°E | 1886 |
Mount Tauhara | 1087 | 3569 | - | Pleistocene |
Lake Taupo | 760 | 2493 | 38.82°S 176.00°E | 181 |
Mount Tongariro | 1968 | 6456 | 39°8′S 175°39′E | 2012 |
Waiotapu | 592 | 1942 | 38.42°S 176.33°E | 1180 |
Whakaari/White Island | 321 | 1053 | 37.52°S 177.18°E | 2019 |
Moutohora Island | 354 | 1161 | 37.858°S 176.98°E | Pleistocene |
Whakamuru | - | - | - | - |
Whakatane volcano | -980 | -3200 | 36.8°S 177.5°E | - |
Rungapapa Knoll | - | - | 37.547°S 176.98°E | Pleistocene |
Elsewhere
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
Auckland volcanic field | 260 | 853 | 36.90°S 174.87°E | 1421 |
Bombay Hills | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
Gannet Island | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
Little Barrier Island | 722 | 2360 | - | 1.5 million years ago |
Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field | 388 | 1273 | 35.30°S 173.90°E | 400 ± 300 years |
Kaitake | - | - | - | 500,000 years ago |
Kakepuku | 449 | 1473 | 38°04′S 175°15′E | 1.6 million years ago |
Karioi | 756 | 2480 | 37.50°S 174.49°E | 2.4 million years ago |
Manukau volcano | 474 | 1555 | - | 16 million years ago |
Maungatautari | 797 | 2615 | - | - |
Mount Pirongia | 962 | 3156 | - | - |
Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands | 153 | - | - | 1.7 million years ago[4] |
Poor Knights Islands | - | - | - | 4 million years ago |
Pouakai | - | - | - | 240,000 years ago |
Rangitoto Island (part of the Auckland volcanic field) | 260 | 853 | 36°47′13″S 174°51′29″E | 1350 |
Mount Taranaki 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) | - | - | 44°23′S 171°3′E | 2 million years ago [5] |
Dunedin Volcano | 680 | 2218 | 45°49′S 170°39′E | c. 10 million years ago [6] |
Other
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Antipodes Islands | 402 | 1319 | 49.68°S 178.77°E | Holocene |
Auckland Island | 650 | 1981 | 50.69°S 166.08°E | Miocene[7] |
Pitt Island | 241 | 791 | 44.18°S 176.13°W | Ancient |
Mount Dick (Adams Island)[8] | 705 | 2313 | 50°52′28″S 166°4′55″E | - |
Solander Islands | 330 | 1080 | 46°34′S 166°53′E | Pleistocene |
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 | ||
Mount Bird (Ross Island) | 1765 | 5791 | 77°16′S 166°45′E | 3.8 million years ago[9] |
Brown Peak (Sturge Island, Balleny Islands) | 1500 | 5000 | 67°24′S 164°50′E | 2001 |
Buckle Island (Balleny Islands) | 1239 | 4065 | 66°48′S 163°15′E | 1899 |
Mount Discovery (Scott Coast) | 2681 | 8796 | 78°22′S 166°01′E | 1.8 million years ago[10] |
Mount Erebus (Ross Island) | 3794 | 12448 | 77°32′S 167°17′E | 2008 (continuing) |
Mount Terror (Ross Island) | 3230 | 10597 | 77°31′S 168°32′E | ~ 800,000 years ago |
Young Island (Balleny Islands) | 1340 | 4396 | 66°25′S 162°27′E | - |
References
- John H. Latter, Edwards F. Lloyd, Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. () New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Volcanic Hazards Working Group, Civil Defence Scientific Advisory Committee.
- "Okataina: Eruptive History". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- Nairn, I.A.; Beanland, S. (1989). "Geological setting of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32: 1–13. doi:10.1080/00288306.1989.10421383. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- Price, R. C; R. B. Stewart; J. D. Woodhead; I. E. M. Smith (1999). "Petrogenesis of High-K Arc Magmas: Evidence from Egmont Volcano, North Island, New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Petrology. 40 (1): 167–197. doi:10.1093/petrology/40.1.167.
- Wilson, John (2009). "South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- Bishop, D.G., and Turnbull, I.M. (compilers) (1996). Geology of the Dunedin Area. Lower Hutt, NZ: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences. ISBN 0-478-09521-X.
- Adams, C.J (1983). "Age of the volcanoes and granite basements of the Auckland Islands, Southwest Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 26: 227–237. doi:10.1080/00288306.1983.10422237.
- Auckland Islands Archived 2009-03-20 at Archive.today. Polar Conservation Organisation.
- "Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- "Mount Discovery, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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