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Mount Tongariro (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə r ɪr oʊ /; Māori: [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]) is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest of Lake Taupō , and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
It is a map of approximate selected surface volcanic features of Mount Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu emphasising features within the last 15,000 years odd . The features have been verified from multiple sources and where ambiguity existed Google aerial (as most up to date aerial), NZ topomap 1/50,000 overlays were used with Heinrich et. al. and ...
The Chateau Tongariro, also known as the Grand Chateau, was an opulent hotel built at Whakapapa Village by a subsidiary of the Mount Cook Tourist Company and opened in 1929 to serve the increasing number of visitors to Tongariro National Park.
The Tongariro National Park is a World Heritage site which has the distinction of dual status, as it has been acknowledged for both its natural and cultural significance. [2] The crossing passes over the volcanic terrain of the multi-cratered active volcano Mount Tongariro, passing the eastern base of Mount Ngauruhoe.
Map of volcanic features near Hauhungatahi (red marker). Surface volcanic deposits are shaded. To its immediate east are Mount Ruapehu and Mount Tongariro with their recent vents active in the last 15,000 years shaded orange-yellow, with craters in yellow outline. Lakes in vents are outlined in blue.
The Emerald Lakes (Māori: Ngarotopounamu, lit. 'Pounamu-hued lakes' [2]) are a group of small lakes in Tongariro National Park, named for their distinctive colour.The lakes are the result of water filling explosion craters near the summit of Mount Tongariro, with the colour coming from minerals dissolved from the surrounding landscape, particularly calcium carbonate.
Map that shows Tama Lakes, outlined in red and relationship to the active Waihi fault zone also in red. Also shown are other Tongariro vents and cones or craters active in the last 15,000 years ( pale orange) with the Mount Ngauruhoe cone to north-west of the lakes. Vent areas are outlined in yellow.
The complex is located at the north-western corner of the town of Ohakune at the Tongariro National Park boundary and bisected by the main trunk railway line as it leaves the town to the north-west. Although the Ohakune volcanic complex is also known as the Rochfort Crater, [ 2 ] this is the geographical name for the largest of several craters ...