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New Zealand · Stratovolcano

Taranaki Maunga

Taranaki

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2518m
Last eruption
1800
Taranaki Maunga
Photo: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
New Zealand
Region
Tonga & Kermadec / Western North Island Volcanic Province
Elevation
2518m
Coordinates
-39.300, 174.070
Last eruption
1800
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The nearly symmetrical, steep-sided cone of Taranaki (previously known as Egmont), is a large andesitic stratovolcano on the west coast of central North Island. It is surrounded by a ring plain of debris-avalanche and lahar deposits that extend to the coast. Taranaki is the youngest and SE-most of a group of three volcanoes beginning with the Pleistocene Kaitoke Range. Fanthams Peak is located on the S flank, and four lava domes are on the lower N and S flanks. Multiple episodes of edifice collapse have occurred in the past 50,000 years. Explosive activity, sometimes accompanied by pyroclastic flows and lava dome growth, has occurred frequently throughout the Holocene.

Eruption history

43 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7650 BCE~7333 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7333 BCE~7016 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?7016 BCE~6700 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6066 BCE~5749 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?5432 BCE~5116 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?3532 BCE~3215 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2898 BCE~2581 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?2581 BCE~2264 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?2264 BCE~1948 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1948 BCE~1631 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 51631 BCE~1314 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1314 BCE~997 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI ?680 BCE~364 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?364 BCE~47 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?47 BCE~270 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 3270~587 · 3 eruptions · max VEI ?587~904 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?904~1220 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1220~1537 · 5 eruptions · max VEI ?1537~1854 · 9 eruptions · max VEI 47650 BCE5432 BCE2898 BCE680 BCE1537

Detailed timeline

  1. 1854VEI ?Observed
    1854-07-02 – end unknown
  2. 1800VEI ?Geological estimate
    1800-07-02 – end unknown
  3. 1755VEI ?Geological estimate
    1755 – end unknown
  4. 1700 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1700 – end unknown
  5. 1655VEI 4Geological estimate
    1655 – end unknown
  6. 1590 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1590 – end unknown
  7. 1570 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1570 – end unknown
  8. 1560 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1560 – end unknown
  9. 1550 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1550 – end unknown
  10. 1500 (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1500 – end unknown
  11. 1480 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1480 – end unknown
  12. 1400 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1400 – end unknown
  13. 1340 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1340 – end unknown
  14. 1300 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1300 – end unknown
  15. 1070 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1070 – end unknown
  16. 970 (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    970 – end unknown
  17. 820 (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    820 – end unknown
  18. 550VEI ?Geological estimate
    550 – end unknown
  19. 520 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    520 – end unknown
  20. 390 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    390 – end unknown
  21. 150VEI 3Geological estimate
    150 – end unknown
  22. 100 (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    100 – end unknown
  23. 40 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    40 BCE – end unknown
  24. 150 BCE (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    150 BCE – end unknown
  25. 420 BCE (±30 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    420 BCE – end unknown
  26. 590 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    590 BCE – end unknown
  27. 1130 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1130 BCE – end unknown
    Fanthams Peak
  28. 1190 BCE (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1190 BCE – end unknown
  29. 1250 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1250 BCE – end unknown
    Southern Beehive
  30. 1560 BCE (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    1560 BCE – end unknown
  31. 1700 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    1700 BCE – end unknown
  32. 2150 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    2150 BCE – end unknown
  33. 2400 BCE (±40 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2400 BCE – end unknown
  34. 2450 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2450 BCE – end unknown
  35. 2700 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    2700 BCE – end unknown
  36. 2850 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2850 BCE – end unknown
  37. 3250 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    3250 BCE – end unknown
  38. 5120 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    5120 BCE – end unknown
  39. 6050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    6050 BCE – end unknown
  40. 7000 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7000 BCE – end unknown
  41. 7270 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7270 BCE – end unknown
  42. 7330 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    7330 BCE – end unknown
  43. 7650 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    7650 BCE – end unknown

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