Purchas Hill
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Purchas Hill (also Te Tauoma) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field.
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Purchas Hill | |
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Te Tauoma | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 36°53′14″S 174°50′51″E |
Geography | |
Location | Stonefields, Auckland, New Zealand |
Geology | |
Volcanic arc/belt | Auckland volcanic field |
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Purchas Hill was a twin-cratered scoria cone around 50 metres high, located north of Maungarei / Mount Wellington, before it was predominantly quarried away. The scoria cone sat in the middle of its large explosion crater with a surrounding tuff ring. It erupted about 10,000 years ago, shortly before the eruption of its larger neighbour, Mount Wellington.[1]