⛰️ Mount Tarawera

New Zealand · Oceania · 1,111 m · 38.23°S, 176.51°E

Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886. While the 1886 eruption was basaltic, study has shown there was only a small basalt component to the previous recent rhyolitic predominant eruptions. This eruption was one of New Zealand's largest historical eruptions, and killed an estimated 120 people. The fissures run for about 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast–southwest.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Elevation	1,111 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	38.23°S, 176.51°E · view on map

Mount Tarawera rises to 1,111 m in New Zealand, in Oceania. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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