Mount Taranaki
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Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga, formerly Mount Egmont) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.[5][6] At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak (Māori: Panitahi), 1,966 metres (6,450 ft), on its south side.[7]
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View of Mount Taranaki from Stratford, showing Fanthams Peak on the southern flank | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,518 m (8,261 ft) |
Prominence | 2,308 m (7,572 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra New Zealand #65 |
Coordinates | 39°17′47″S 174°03′53″E |
Geography | |
North Island, New Zealand | |
Topo map | NZMS 169 Egmont National Park |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 135 ka |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 1854 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly, 1839[2][3] |
Easiest route | Mount Taranaki Summit Track (trail)[4] |
![]() Taranaki andesite (red shading) in centre of map. The surrounding debris and lahar fields are not shown although they include the green forested area on the map that surround Mount Taranaki and the Pouakai Range and have reached the sea in all directions on the Taranaki peninsula except where blocked by the Pouakai Range. To its north are the older andesitic volcanoes of Pouakai and Kaitake.
Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcano name/wikilink and ages before present. Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is: '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000D-QINU`"' basalt (shades of brown/orange), '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000E-QINU`"' monogenetic basalts, '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000F-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000010-QINU`"' arc basalts,'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000011-QINU`"' arc ring basalts, '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000012-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000013-QINU`"' andesite (shades of red), '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000014-QINU`"' basaltic andesite, '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000015-QINU`"' and '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000016-QINU`"' plutonic. White shading is selected caldera features. |
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