List of volcanoes in New Zealand explained

See also: Volcanism of New Zealand and Lists of volcanoes. This is a partial list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.

Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metresfeetCoordinates
-1350 -4400 -34.875°N 179.075°W -
-860 -2800 -36.446°N 177.839°W -
Cole Seamount-1100 -3600 -
Cotton Seamount-950 -3100 -35.05°N 178.99°W -
137 449 -30.5408°N -178.5571°W -
Gamble Seamount-226 -741 -
Giggenbach Seamount-65 -210 -30.036°N 178.712°W -
-730 -2360 -31.1203°N -179.9686°W 2012
Hinepuia Seamounts- - -
Hinetāpeka Seamount-96 -315 -
-1150 -3800 -34.98°N 179°W 1360
238 781 -30.14°N -178.26°W Holocene
-100 -330 -25.887°N -177.188°W 2008
Pūtoto Seamount-225 -738 -
Rakahore Seamount-560 -1837 -
516 1693 -29.16°N -177.55°W 2006
-1100 -3610 -35.5°N 178.9°W -
-880 -2890 -35.4°N 178.6°W -
-140 -459 -35.745°N 178.478°W 1986
-450 -1476 -36.13°N 178.05°W -
-1100 -3610 -36.139°N 178.197°W -
Silent I Seamount[1] - - -
-780 -2559 -
-600 -2000 -36.321°N 178.028°W -
Wright Seamounts-750 -2500 -31.5°N 179.2°W -

North Island

Taupō Volcanic Zone

NameElevationLocationLast eruption
metresfeetCoordinates
15214990-39.23°N 175.44°W -
13004300-38.9889°N 175.7083°W 20,000 years ago
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-37.9639°N 176.6713°W ~ 400,000 years ago[2]
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11563793-38.42°N 176.08°W 180
743 2438 -38.319°N 176.388°W -
Mount Maunganui232--37.63°N 176.171°W-
825 2707 -38.326°N 176.345°W
Mayor Island / Tūhua3381165-37.2833°N 191°W4390 BC ± 200 years
Mokoia Island---38.0813°N 176.2844°W -
354 1161 -37.858°N 176.98°W Pleistocene
Mount Ngauruhoe22917516-39.1568°N 175.6322°W1977
Mount Ngongotahā487--39.1182°N 176.1976°W-
Okataina Caldera11113645-38.12°N 176.5°W1973
Pihanga13254347-39.0413°N 175.7686°W-
Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe)867--38.1°N 176.8°W~ 300 BC[3]
Reporoa Caldera5921942-38.42°N 176.33°W1180 (hydrothermal)
Lake Rotorua7572484-38.08°N 176.27°WPleistocene
Mount Ruapehu27979177-39.2817°N 175.5685°W2007
- - -37.547°N 176.98°W Pleistocene
Tama Lakes----
Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera)11113644-38.22°N 176.5°W1886
Mount Tauhara10873569-38.6944°N 176.1628°WPleistocene
Taupō Volcano7602493-38.82°N 176°W181
Mount Tongariro19686456-39.1333°N 214°W 2012
592 1942 -38.42°N 176.33°W 1180
321 1053 -37.52°N 177.18°W 2024
-980-3200-36.8°N 177.5°W -

Elsewhere

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metresfeetCoordinates
260 853 -36.9°N 174.87°W 1421
Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field) 379 - - 550,000 years ago
- - - 500,000 years ago
388 1273 -35.3°N 173.9°W 400 ± 300 years
Kaitake- - - 500,000 years ago
449 1473 -38.0683°N 175.2519°W 1.6 million years ago
756 2480 -37.5°N 174.49°W 2.4 million years ago
722 2360 - 1.5 million years ago
474 1555 -36.9°N 174.3°W 16 million years ago
797 2615 -38.0189°N 175.5758°W1.8 million years ago
153 - - 1.7 million years ago[4]
962 3156 -37.9911°N 175.0981°W 1.6 million years ago
Pureora11653822-38.5519°N 175.6278°W1.6 million years ago[5]
140 - -37.54°N 174.8°W1.6 million years ago
- - - 4 million years ago
Pouakai- - - 240,000 years ago
Rangitoto Island (part of the Auckland volcanic field)260 853 -36.7869°N 174.8581°W 1350
379 - -37.1955°N 175.0181°W 550,000 years ago
Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont 2518 8261 -39.3°N 174.1°W 1755
Titiraupenga10423419-38.5099°N 175.6919°W1.89 million years ago
397 1302 -35.75°N 174.27°W -

South Island

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metersfeetCoordinates
Mount Somers1,6885,53843.70°S 171.40°E 89 million years ago
---43.8°N 229°WMiocene
680 2218 -45.8167°N 209°W c. 10 million years ago [6]
Mount Horrible (near Timaru) - - -44.3833°N 174°W2 million years ago [7]
9193010-43.6°N 215°WMiocene

Other

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metersfeetCoordinates
402 1319 -49.68°N 178.77°W Holocene
650 1981 -50.69°N 166.08°W Miocene[8]
Mount Dick (Adams Island)[9] 705 2313 -50.8744°N 166.0819°W -
241 791 -44.18°N -176.13°W Ancient
330 1080 -46.5667°N 219°W 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
metersfeetCoordinates
Mount Bird (Ross Island)17655791-77.2667°N 211°W3.8 million years ago[10]
Brown Peak (Sturge Island, Balleny Islands) 1500 5000 -67.4°N 214°W 2001
Buckle Island (Balleny Islands)12394065-66.8°N 178°W 1899
Mount Discovery (Scott Coast)26818796-78.3667°N 167°W1.8 million years ago[11]
Mount Erebus (Ross Island)379412448-77.5333°N 184°W2008 (continuing)
Mount Terror (Ross Island)323010597-77.5167°N 200°W~ 800,000 years ago
Young Island (Balleny Islands)13404396-66.4167°N 189°W-

External links

Notes and References

  1. John H. Latter, Edwards F. Lloyd, Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands . Volcanic Hazards Working Group, Civil Defence Scientific Advisory Committee.
  2. Nairn. I.A.. Beanland, S. . Geological setting of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 1989. 32. 1–13. 30 October 2011. 10.1080/00288306.1989.10421383. free.
  3. 241050. Eruptions. Okataina: Eruptive History.
  4. 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. Journal of Petrology. 40. 1. 167 - 197. 10.1093/petrology/40.1.167.
  5. Adrian . Pittari . Marlena L. . Prentice . Oliver E. . McLeod . Elham Yousef. Zadeh . Peter J. J. . Kamp . Martin . Danišík . Kirsty A. . Vincent . 2021 . Inception of the modern North Island (New Zealand) volcanic setting: spatio-temporal patterns of volcanism between 3.0 and 0.9 Ma . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics . 64 . 2–3 . 250–272 . 10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343. 235736318 .
  6. Bishop, D.G., and Turnbull, I.M. (compilers) (1996). Geology of the Dunedin Area. Lower Hutt, NZ: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences. .
  7. Wilson, John (2009). "South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  8. Adams. C.J . Age of the volcanoes and granite basements of the Auckland Islands, Southwest Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 26. 1983. 3 . 227–237. 10.1080/00288306.1983.10422237.
  9. http://www.polarconservation.org/education/antarctic-islands/auckland/ Auckland Islands
  10. "Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  11. "Mount Discovery, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.