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Ruapehu
Ruapehu is a 2,797 m stratovolcano in New Zealand, erupting as recently as 2007.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,797 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2007
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 7840 BCE
- Eruptions
- 64 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.28°S 175.57°E · New Zealand
- Region
- Taupo Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 241100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).