# Mount MaunganuiMauao

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Coordinates:** -37.630000, 176.171000
- **Age:** 2.35 ± 0.06 Ma
- **Topo:** NZMS 260 sheet: U14
- **Type:** Lava dome
- **Location:** Tauranga, New Zealand
- **Elevation M:** 232
- **Easiest Route:** Trail

Mount Maunganui, or Mauao, known to locals as The Mount, is a 232 metre (760 foot) lava dome at the end of a tombolo in the Tauranga suburb of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, beside the eastern entrance to the city's harbour.

![Photo of Mount MaunganuiMauao](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Mauao_and_Beach.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maunganui_(mountain) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)