Te Puke (volcano)

Te Puke
Te Puke monogenetic basaltic scoria cones (red marker) and lava field. Legend Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is:   basalt (shades of brown/orange)   monogenetic basalts   undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon   arc basalts   arc ring basalts   dacite   andesite (shades of red)   basaltic andesite   rhyolite (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet)   plutonic White shading is selected caldera features. Clicking on the rectangle icon enables full window and mouse-over with volcano name/wikilink and ages before present.
Highest point
Elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Coordinates	35°15′07″S 174°01′48″E / 35.252033°S 174.029961°E / -35.252033; 174.029961
Geology
Rock age	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Basaltic scoria cones
Rock type	Basalt
Last eruption	c. 1,300 years ago

Te Puke is a 136 metres (446 ft) high group of basaltic scoria cones, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in Northland, New Zealand. It is the easternmost volcano of the field, being located near Waitangi. The three or four small, cratered cones are in a southwest–northeast alignment. The last eruption was 1300 to 1800 years ago.^[1][2]

References

1. "Kaikohe-Bay of Islands". Global Volcanism Program. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
2. Hayward, Bruce; Smith, Ian (2002). "Field Trip 7: A Taste of Northland Geology" (PDF). In Smith, Vicki; Grenfell, Hugh (eds.). Field Trip Guides, GSNZ Annual Conference "Northland 2002". Geological Society of NZ Miscellaneous Publication 112B. Retrieved 28 March 2012.

External links

• View of Te Puke volcano's southernmost crater.
• View of crater adjacent to the southern crater.