MountTaranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga, also known as Mount Egmont) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's
years ago) before creating the large stratovolcano called MountTaranaki, (former name Mount Egmont), which last erupted in 1854, and its satellite vent
eruption in 1980, Mount St. Helens was once known as "The Fuji of America", for its striking resemblance to Mount Fuji. MountTaranaki in New Zealand is
stratovolcano in the North Island of New Zealand, located northwest of MountTaranaki. It consists of the remains of a collapsed Pleistocene stratovolcano
at the surface. The dominant feature of the Taranaki Region is the andesitic stratovolcano of MountTaranaki, which is only about 130,000 years old. The