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of 8 and has been assigned a total eruption volume (not just tephra) of 2,760 km (662.2 cu mi). The basaltic volcanism of the far north is tens of millions of years older than this but towards the south by the Bay of Islands we have basaltic volcanoes that erupted only shortly before
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in the south. Activity began in the north around 18 million years ago, and was primarily andesitic until around 9–10 million years ago, when it changed to a bimodal basaltic/rhyolitic pattern. Eruptive centres gradually migrated southward, where they transitioned into early activity in the Taupō
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and northern Coromandel Peninsula), with western and eastern belts active between 25—15 million years ago and 23–11 million years ago respectively. Although this produced substantial volcanic edifices, including New Zealand's largest known
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of a million years ago (1 Ma) produced 1,200 km (287.9 cu mi) of ignimbrite deposits, the most widespread on Earth, being over 45,000 km (17,000 sq mi) in area. This eruption had an estimated
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Volcanic Zone. Later activity in the CVZ and its interface with the Taupō Volcanic Zone is obscured by subsequent events and is not fully understood, but continued in the south until perhaps 1.5 million years ago in the
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shield volcano with a caldera partly formed in a large eruption some 7000 years ago. It has exhibited many eruptive styles, and its last eruption may have occurred only 500–1000 years ago. The island's Maori name,
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Hayward, Bruce W.; Black, Philippa M.; Smith, Ian E. M.; Ballance, Peter F.; Itaya, Tetsumaru; Doi, Masako; Takagi, Miki; Bergman, Steve; Adams, Chris J.; Herzer, Richard H.; Robertson, David J. (2001).
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Hayward, Bruce W.; Black, Philippa M.; Smith, Ian E. M.; Ballance, Peter F.; Itaya, Tetsumaru; Doi, Masako; Takagi, Miki; Bergman, Steve; Adams, Chris J.; Herzer, Richard H.; Robertson, David J. (2001).
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which towards its south last erupted about 5 million years ago but has similar timings to Great Barrier to the north. The Coromandel Volcanic Zone contains andesitic and rhyolitic eruptives mainly.
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areas. Volcanic eruptions began here around two million years ago, with silicic eruptions starting around 1.55 million years ago, as activity shifted southeast from the Coromandel Volcanic Zone.
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Smith, Ian E. M.; Cronin, Shane J. (2021). "Geochemical patterns of late Cenozoic intraplate basaltic volcanism in northern New Zealand and their relationship to the behaviour of the mantle".
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K.N. Nicholson; P.M. Black; P.W.O. Hoskin; I.E.M. Smith (2004). "Silicic volcanism and back-arc extension related to migration of the Late Cainozoic Australian–Pacific plate boundary".
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with over 80 volcanoes. The magma body that created the Auckland volcanic field is considered to have been related to these outpourings also. Unlike typical hot spots such as
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Approximate extent of ignambrite sheets from Kidnappers (yellow) and Rocky Hill eruptions (orange). These still comprise some of the surface deposits mentioned in this article
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which last erupted about 600 years ago It is part of the a line of monogenetic volcanic fields extending southward as they get older along the west coast from the dormant
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hosting multiple active volcanoes. There has been activity within the last 5000 years in all these areas, with most activity on North Island Volcanic Plateau where the
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is recent in geological terms and has taken place over the last 30 million years. This is primarily due to the North Island's position on the boundary between the
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pattern seen in the later fields. The distinction between the Alexandra and Okete volcanics is not necessarily clear cut and is still being studied.
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is widening by as much as 19 mm (0.75 in)/year, much faster than other continental intraarc rifts. The Taupō volcanoes most recent major
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Pittari, Adrian; Prentice, Marlena L.; McLeod, Oliver E.; Zadeh, Elham Yousef; Kamp, Peter J. J.; Danišík, Martin; Vincent, Kirsty A. (2021).
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Hochstetter's 1859 geological map of the southern part of the then Auckland Province showing volcanic features of Waikato and South Auckland.
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on the east coast was active with andesitic and rhyolitic events between 2.95 and 1.9 million years ago. Inland from the Coromandel and
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in geologically recent times and has resulted in much of the surface formations of the North Island being volcanic as shown in the map.
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Locke, Corinne A.; John Cassidy (1997). "Egmont Volcano, New Zealand: three-dimensional structure and its implications for evolution".
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Geology of the Raglan-Kawhia Area: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (N.Z.), Barry Clayton Waterhouse, P. J. White 1994
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Seebeck, H. A.; Nicol, P.; Villamor, J.Ristau; Pettinga, J. (2014). "Structure and kinematics of the Taupo Rift, New Zealand".
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group of stratovolcanoes that have a history of collapse events. To the east of Auckland is the dacite stratovolcano of
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Out of the Ocean, Into the Fire: History in the Rocks, Fossils and Landforms of Auckland, Northland and Coromandel
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Prentice, Marlena; Pittari, Adrian; Lowe, David J.; Kilgour, Geoff; Kamp, Peter J.J.; Namaliu, Miriam (2022).
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volcanoes is adjacent to the andestic and dacitic remnants of 22 to 18 million years ago activity of a large
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just off the Coromandel east coast is a rhyolitic caldera that last erupted only about 6,340 years ago. The
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Auckland's volcanoes are believed to be the latest product of an unusual magma source related to local
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deposits and ash that impacted much of the North Island which was not settled by man at the time.
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Three volcanic fields erupted between 2.7 and 0.5 million years ago, migrating northwards from
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Bischoff, Alan; Barriera, Andrea; Begg, Mac; Nicola, Andrew; Colea, Jim; Sahoo, Tusar (2020).
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rocks (mostly basalt) cover about 450 km amounting to 55 km from at least 40 vents.
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metropolitan area. The field's many vents have produced a diverse array of explosion craters,
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Nemeth, Karoly; Kereszturi, Gabor; Agustín-Flores, Javier; Briggs, Roger Michael (2012).
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of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. The activity has included some of
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region has migrated southeastward during the last two million years. Beginning in the
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which comprises about 16 volcanoes south of Port Waikato on the west coast and the
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at between 1300 and 1800 years ago. Also associated with the 20 million year old
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A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historic Heritage
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centres. The slightly older 8 million to 250,000 year ago mix of basaltic and
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which includes features from volcanic activity in recorded historic times in
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volcanic arc ran through Northland and neighbouring regions (including the
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Houghton, Bruce F.; Weaver, S.D.; Wilson, J. N.; Lanphere, M.A. (1992).
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at 18.5 to 12.3 million years. Great Barrier Island leads on to the
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which were traditionally more akaline and oxidised and were in the
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creating the most active area of silicic volcanism on Earth in the
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C. J. Adams; I. J. Graham; D. Seward; D. N. B. Skinner (1994).
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About 350 kilometres long by 50 kilometres wide, the
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The Restless Country: Volcanoes and earthquakes in New Zealand
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Much of the volcanic activity in the northern portions of the
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Murihiku Terrane, Caples Terrane and Waipapa Composite Terrane
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Briggs, R. M.; Itaya, T.; Lowe, D. J.; Keane, A. J. (1989).
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extend, under later sedimentary and volcanic deposits, from
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Cooper, G.F.; C. J. Wilson; J. A. Baker; M. Millet (2012).
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volcanic activity, with the highest concentration of young
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Map of selected surface volcanic features in the northern
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Ewen Cameron; Bruce Hayward; and Graeme Murdoch (1997).
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marks its southwestern end, and it continues up through
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Karl D. Spinks, J.W. Cole, & G.S. Leonard (2004).
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that is between 3 and 1.2 million years old and older
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McWilliams; 1890:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1805:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1717: 1715: 1664:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1573:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1461:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1329:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1284:New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 500:. This last is situated on the slopes of the 322:. White shading is selected caldera features. 8: 2011:Caldera Volcanism in the Taupō Volcanic Zone 1872:Geological Society of New Zealand Newsletter 1842:Cox, Geoffrey J.; Hayward, Bruce W. (1999). 1227: 1225: 775:which is distinguished by large arc volcano 367:The active or dormant volcanoes extend from 1548:, p. 168. Godwit Publishing Ltd, Auckland. 972:, the Okataina Volcanic Complex (including 1699:Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner (2002). 1057:Volcanism of New Zealand: Revision history 771:. The earliest of these fields formed the 548:are a line of andesitic volcanoes such as 516:remnants of the 23 to 15 million year old 18: 1901: 1826: 1816: 1750:Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1184: 1131: 853:(CVZ) was a volcanic arc stretching from 552:that are located on the far side of the 1868:Protecting NZ's Heritage Natural Arches 1695: 1693: 1067: 1516: 1514: 724:flows. The largest and most recent is 22:North Island surface volcanic deposits 874:. Together with the extinct undersea 623:in the western Northland volcanic arc 595:Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field 451:Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field 7: 1165:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 585:region contains two recently active 1039:from the west of Northland down to 961:, the Whakamaru, Mangakino, Maroa, 1744:Briggs, R.M.; Goles, G.G. (1984). 14: 371:through the "City of Volcanoes", 1431:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107595 1007:, with Fanthams Peak on the left 976:) and 85 kilometres beyond 504:basaltic stratovolcanoes of the 229:that are shown with panning is: 1818:10.1080/00288306.1989.10427549 779:cones but did have associated 476:Further south is the basaltic 1: 2057:10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00074-1 1973:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00382-2 1938:10.1080/00288306.2005.9515126 1903:10.1080/00288306.1994.9514626 1676:10.1080/00288306.2020.1773510 1585:10.1080/00288306.2001.9514939 1473:10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343 1341:10.1080/00288306.2001.9514939 1296:10.1080/00288306.2020.1757470 809:South Auckland volcanic field 490:South Auckland volcanic field 425:North Island Volcanic Plateau 385:North Island Volcanic Plateau 357:the world's largest eruptions 313:is lighter shades of violet), 1400:10.1016/0377-0273(92)90124-V 1055:on pages creation date; see 1023:, activity then shifted to 2122: 1618:Hayward, Bruce W. (2017). 1495:"Whangarei Volcanic Field" 1238:AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1201:"Taupo – Eruptive History" 911: 885: 857:in the north, through the 822: 785:monogenetic volcanic field 751:Waikato and South Auckland 710:monogenetic volcanic field 694: 512:, which are the andesitic 445:human colonisation, being 239:(shades of brown/orange), 1707:Auckland Regional Council 845:about 8 million years ago 813:the one underlying Hawaii 213: 26: 2106:Volcanoes of New Zealand 2076:Volcanism of New Zealand 1992:Global Volcanism Program 1527:Global Volcanism Program 1522:"Kaikohe-Bay of Islands" 1500:Global Volcanism Program 1262:Global Volcanism Program 1258:"Kaikohe-Bay of Islands" 1205:Global Volcanism Program 1053:Volcanism of New Zealand 1027:(580,000 years ago) and 872:Tauranga Volcanic Centre 851:Coromandel Volcanic Zone 825:Coromandel Volcanic Zone 819:Coromandel Volcanic Zone 789:Alexandra Volcanic Group 658:Hen and Chickens Islands 619:'s Lion Rock, an eroded 542:Tauranga Volcanic Centre 534:Coromandel Volcanic Zone 506:Alexandra Volcanic Group 494:Ngatutura volcanic field 466:Whangārei volcanic field 1997:Smithsonian Institution 1532:Smithsonian Institution 1505:Smithsonian Institution 1209:Smithsonian Institution 978:Whakaari / White Island 743:which is not a classic 712:underlying much of the 706:Auckland volcanic field 697:Auckland volcanic field 676:Auckland volcanic field 593:, and the other is the 486:Auckland volcanic field 351:, and particularly the 298: basaltic andesite 2023:Volcanology highlights 1008: 930: 846: 760: 692: 624: 589:, one centered around 416: 379:on the west coast and 271: arc ring basalts 1003: 921: 832: 799:are part of the main 758: 687:, the gently sloping 683: 615: 526:Little Barrier Island 414: 383:on the East with the 2086:Subduction volcanoes 1866:Hayward, B. 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Index

Stratigraphic range
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Coordinates
37°S 175°E / 37°S 175°E / -37; 175
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New Zealand
volcanics
basalt
monogenetic
Northland Allochthon
dacite
andesite

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