ZLV/BOI-007

Te Ahuahu

Volcano

Te Ahuahu is a 373 m (1,224 ft) high andesitic basaltic scoria cone to the east of Lake Ōmāpere, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. "In the last half-million years, 12 small basalt volcanoes have erupted in the southern part of the field (Smith et al. 1993), forming a cluster of scoria cones around Kaikohe. Te Puke volcano erupted in the hills behind Waitangi 100 000 years ago, forming three small cones and a spreading flow that now underlies Waitangi golf course and treaty grounds. The youngest volcano is Tauanui, 10 km south of Kaikohe, which 60 000 years ago produced a high scoria cone and a lava flow that flowed 19 km down the Taheke Valley towards the Hokianga Harbour. The field includes a small rhyolite dome (Putahi), overlooking Lake Omapere. The field should still be considered dormant, and not extinct."

Within 0.8km, or within sight

Yes (what does this mean?)

Via public road(s): Hariru Road; State Highway 1; 6 unnamed road(s)

Kaikohe-Bay of Islands Volcanic Field

356

60.0k years ago

Phanerozoic

Cenozoic

Quaternary

Pleistocene

• [ZL1/HNL-038] Te Ahuahu

Northland

Far North District

Kaikohe-Bay of Islands Volcanic Field

Ngā Puhi country

NZTM2000: 1676474, 6088806 (alt: 356m)

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