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List of volcanoes in New Zealand

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Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Brothers Seamount	-1350	-4400	34.875°S 179.075°E / -34.875; 179.075 (Brothers)	-
Clark Seamount	-860	-2800	36.446°S 177.839°E / -36.446; 177.839 (Clark)	-
Cole Seamount^[1]	-1100	-3600	33.410°S 179.871°E / -33.410; 179.871	-
Cotton Seamount^[2]	-950	-3100	35.05°S 178.99°E / -35.05; 178.99 (Cotton)	-
Curtis Island	137	449	30°32′26.97″S 178°33′25.69″W	-
Gamble Seamount^[3]	-226	-741	27.207°S 177.432°W / -27.207; -177.432	-
Giggenbach Seamount^[4]	-65	-210	30.036°S 178.712°E / -30.036; 178.712 (Giggenbach)	-
Havre Seamount	-730	-2360	31°07′13″S 179°58′07″W	2012
Hinepuia Seamounts^[5]	-	-	26.343°S 177.317°W / -26.343; -177.317	-
Hinetāpeka Seamount^[6]	-96	-315	28.691°S 177.776°W / -28.691; -177.776	-
James Healy Seamount	-1150	-3800	34.98°S 179.00°E / -34.98; 179.00 (Healy)	1360
Macauley Island	238	781	30.14°S 178.26°W / -30.14; -178.26 (Macauley Island)	Holocene
Monowai Seamount	-100	-330	25.887°S 177.188°W / -25.887; -177.188 (Monowai Seamount)	2008
Pūtoto Seamount^[7]	-225	-738	27.930°S 177.611°W / -27.930; -177.611	-
Rakahore Seamount^[8]	-560	-1837	26.780°S 177.400°W / -26.780; -177.400	-
Raoul Island	516	1693	29.16°S 177.55°W / -29.16; -177.55 (Raoul Island)	2006
Rumble I Seamount	-1100	-3610	35.5°S 178.9°E / -35.5; 178.9 (Rumble I)	-
Rumble II Seamount	-880	-2890	35.4°S 178.6°E / -35.4; 178.6 (Rumble II)	-
Rumble III Seamount	-140	-459	35.745°S 178.478°E / -35.745; 178.478 (Rumble III)	1986
Rumble IV Seamount	-450	-1476	36.13°S 178.05°E / -36.13; 178.05 (Rumble IV)	-
Rumble V Seamount	-1100	-3610	36.139°S 178.197°E / -36.139; 178.197 (Rumble V)	-
Silent I Seamount^[9] ^[10]	-	-	34.975°S 179.283°E / -34.975; 179.283	-
Silent II Seamount^[9] ^[11]	-780	-2559	35.167°S 178.878°E / -35.167; 178.878	-
Tangaroa Seamount	-600	-2000	36.321°S 178.028°E / -36.321; 178.028 (Tangaroa)	-
Wright Seamounts^[12]	-750	-2500	31.5°S 179.2°E / -31.5; 179.2 (Wright)	-

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Hauhungatahi	1521	4990	39.23°S 175.44°E / -39.23; 175.44 (Hauhungatahi)	-
Kakaramea-Tihia Massif	1300	4300	38°59′20″S 175°42′30″E	20,000 years ago
Kawerau	-	-	-	-
Manawahe			37.9639°S 176.6713°E / -37.9639; 176.6713 (Manawahe)	~ 400,000 years ago^[13]
Mangakino Caldera	-	-	-	-
Maroa Caldera	1156	3793	38.42°S 176.08°E / -38.42; 176.08 (Maroa)	180
Maunga Kākaramea / Rainbow Mountain	743	2438	38.319°S 176.388°E / -38.319; 176.388 (Rainbow Mountain)	-
Mount Maunganui	232	-	37.630°S 176.171°E / -37.630; 176.171 (Mt Manganui)	-
Maungaongaonga	825	2707	38.326°S 176.345°E / -38.326; 176.345 (Maungaongaonga)
Mayor Island / Tūhua	338	1165	37°17′S 176°15′E	4390 BC ± 200 years
Mokoia Island	-	-	38°4′52.52″S 176°17′3.89″E	-
Moutohora Island	354	1161	37.858°S 176.98°E / -37.858; 176.98 (Whale Island)	Pleistocene
Mount Ngauruhoe	2291	7516	39°09′24.6″S 175°37′55.8″E	1977
Mount Ngongotahā	487	-	39°7′5.59″S 176°11′51.20″E	-
Okataina Caldera	1111	3645	38.12°S 176.50°E / -38.12; 176.50 (Okataina)	1973
Pihanga	1325	4347	39°02′28.75″S 175°46′7″E	-
Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe)	867	-	38.1°S 176.8°E / -38.1; 176.8 (Mount Edgecumbe)	~ 300 BC^[14]
Reporoa Caldera	592	1942	38.42°S 176.33°E / -38.42; 176.33 (Reporoa Caldera)	1180 (hydrothermal)
Lake Rotorua	757	2484	38.08°S 176.27°E / -38.08; 176.27 (Lake Rotorua)	Pleistocene
Mount Ruapehu	2797	9177	39°16′54.19″S 175°34′6.64″E	2007
Rungapapa Knoll	-	-	37.547°S 176.98°E / -37.547; 176.98	Pleistocene
Tama Lakes	-	-	-	-
Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera)	1111	3644	38.22°S 176.5°E / -38.22; 176.5 (Mount Tarawera)	1886
Mount Tauhara	1087	3569	38°41′40″S 176°9′46″E	Pleistocene
Taupō Volcano	760	2493	38.82°S 176.00°E / -38.82; 176.00 (Lake Taupō)	181
Mount Tongariro	1968	6456	39°8′S 175°39′E	2012
Waiotapu	592	1942	38.42°S 176.33°E / -38.42; 176.33 (Waiotapu)	1180
Whakaari / White Island	321	1053	37.52°S 177.18°E / -37.52; 177.18 (White Island)	2019
Whakatāne Seamount	-980	-3200	36.8°S 177.5°E / -36.8; 177.5 (Whakatāne Seamount)	-

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	metres	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Auckland volcanic field	260	853	36.90°S 174.87°E / -36.90; 174.87 (Auckland volcanic field)	1421
Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field)	379	-	-	550,000 years ago
Kārewa / Gannet Island	-	-	-	500,000 years ago
Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field	388	1273	35.30°S 173.90°E / -35.30; 173.90 (Kaikohe)	400 ± 300 years
Kaitake	-	-	-	500,000 years ago
Kakepuku	449	1473	38°04′06″S 175°15′07″E	1.6 million years ago
Karioi	756	2480	37.50°S 174.49°E / -37.50; 174.49 (Karioi)	2.4 million years ago
Little Barrier Island	722	2360	-	1.5 million years ago
Manukau volcano	474	1555	36°54′S 174°18′E	16 million years ago^[15]
Maungatautari	797	2615	38°01′08″S 175°34′33″E	1.8 million years ago^[15]
Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands	153	-	-	1.7 million years ago^[16]
Mount Pirongia	962	3156	37°59′28″S 175°05′53″E	1.6 million years ago
Pureora	1165	3822	38°33′07″S 175°37′40″E	1.6 million years ago^[15]
Ngatutura volcanic field	140	-	37.54°S 174.80°E / -37.54; 174.80 (Ngatutura volcanic field)	1.6 million years ago
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
South Auckland volcanic field	379	-	37.1955°S 175.0181°E / -37.1955; 175.0181 (South Auckland volcanic field)	550,000 years ago
Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont	2518	8261	39.3°S 174.1°E / -39.3; 174.1 (Mount Taranaki)	1755
Titiraupenga	1042	3419	38°30′36″S 175°41′31″E	1.89 million years ago^[15]
Whangarei volcanic field	397	1302	35.75°S 174.27°E / -35.75; 174.27 (Whangarei)	-

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Mount Somers	1,688	5,538	43.70°S 171.40°E	89 million years ago
Akaroa Volcano	-	-	43°48′S 172°57′E	Miocene
Dunedin Volcano	680	2218	45°49′S 170°39′E	c. 10 million years ago ^[17]
Mount Horrible (near Timaru)	-	-	44°23′S 171°3′E	2 million years ago ^[18]
Lyttelton Volcano	919	3010	43°36′S 172°43′E	Miocene

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Antipodes Islands	402	1319	49.68°S 178.77°E / -49.68; 178.77 (Antipodes Islands)	Holocene
Auckland Island	650	1981	50.69°S 166.08°E / -50.69; 166.08 (Auckland Island)	Miocene^[19]
Mount Dick (Adams Island)^[20]	705	2313	50°52′28″S 166°4′55″E	-
Pitt Island	241	791	44.18°S 176.13°W / -44.18; -176.13 (Pitt Island)	Ancient^[vague]
Solander Islands	330	1080	46°34′S 166°53′E	Pleistocene

List_of_volcanoes_in_New_Zealand

List of volcanoes in New Zealand

Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough

North Island

Taupō Volcanic Zone

Elsewhere

South Island

Other

Ross Dependency

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Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Mount Bird (Ross Island)	1765	5791	77°16′S 166°45′E	3.8 million years ago^[21]
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^[22]
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	-