Mount Tongariro

Mount Tongariro
Mount Tongariro
Highest point
Elevation	1,978 m (6,490 ft)
Coordinates	39°07′47″S 175°38′09″E / 39.12972°S 175.63583°E
Geography
	Mount Tongariro New Zealand
Geology
Age of rock	275,000 years
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Taupō Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	21 November 2012 13:50
Climbing
Easiest route	Tongariro Alpine Crossing
	Map centered on Mount Tongariro to show approximate selected surface volcanic features and andesitic deposits shaded red. Vents and cones or craters active in the last 15,000 years are shaded orange-yellow with craters in yellow outline. Lakes in vents are outlined in blue. To the south volcanic deposits are continuous with those from Mount Ruapehu. Mixed and sedimentary deposits are not shown. The andesitic deposits of the Kakaramea-Tihia Massif, and Pihanga are to the north beyond Lake Rotoaira. Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcanic deposits name/wikilink and ages before present for wider volcanic context. The key to the shading of other volcanics that are shown (active in last million years odd) with panning is basalt (shades of brown/orange), monogenetic basalts, undifferentiated basalts, arc basalts, arc ring basalts, dacite, basaltic andesite, rhyolite, (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet), and plutonic or intusive (gray). White shading has been used for postulated calderas (usually subsurface now).

Mount Tongariro (/ˈtɒŋɡərɪroʊ/; 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.

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Mount Tongariro

Highest point
Elevation	1,978 m (6,490 ft)^[1]
Coordinates	39°07′47″S 175°38′09″E / 39.12972°S 175.63583°E / -39.12972; 175.63583^[1]
Geography
Mount Tongariro New Zealand
Geology
Age of rock	275,000 years^[2]
Mountain type	Complex volcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Taupō Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	21 November 2012 13:50 ^[3]
Climbing
Easiest route	Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Map centered on Mount Tongariro to show approximate selected surface volcanic features and andesitic deposits shaded red. Vents and cones or craters active in the last 15,000 years are shaded orange-yellow with craters in yellow outline. Lakes in vents are outlined in blue. To the south volcanic deposits are continuous with those from Mount Ruapehu. Mixed and sedimentary deposits are not shown. The andesitic deposits of the Kakaramea-Tihia Massif, and Pihanga are to the north beyond Lake Rotoaira. Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcanic deposits name/wikilink and ages before present for wider volcanic context. The key to the shading of other volcanics that are shown (active in last million years odd) with panning is basalt (shades of brown/orange), monogenetic basalts, undifferentiated basalts, arc basalts, arc ring basalts, dacite, basaltic andesite, rhyolite, (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet), and plutonic or intusive (gray). White shading has been used for postulated calderas (usually subsurface now).