Mount Taranaki

Mount Taranaki , officially Taranaki Maunga and also known as Mount Egmont, is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. At , it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak , , on its south side. thumb|right|From [[New Plymouth]] thumb|Aerial view of Mount Taranaki 2015 thumb|Mount Taranaki viewed from [[Inglewood, New Zealand|Inglewood, 1896]] thumb|NASA satellite photo of Taranaki. The forested area matches the national park boundary fairly closely. == Name == The name Taranaki is from the Māori language. The mountain was named after Rua Taranaki, the first ancestor of the iwi (tribe) called Taranaki, one of several iwi in the region. The Māori word tara means mountain peak, and naki may come from ngaki, meaning "clear of vegetation." It was also named ("ice mountain") and ("hill of Naki") by iwi who lived in the region in "ancient times".