GVP volcano 241030 · no holder yet

Taranaki

Taranaki is a 2,518 m stratovolcano in New Zealand, last erupted in 1800.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

2,518 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

1800

Largest known

VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1700 BCE

Eruptions

42 confirmed in the record

Where

39.30°S 174.07°E · New Zealand

Region

Western North Island Volcanic Province, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 241030

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