# Mount Tongariro

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Coordinates:** -39.129722, 175.635833
- **Age:** 275,000 years
- **Icon:** no
- **Text:** Map centered on Mount Tongariro to show approximate selected surface volcanic features and andesitic deposits shaded . Vents and cones or craters active in the last 15,000 years are shaded with craters in . Lakes in vents are outlined in . 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 (shades of brown/orange), , , , , , , , (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet), and (gray). White shading has been used for postulated calderas (usually subsurface now).
- **Type:** Complex volcano
- **Zoom:** 10
- **Align:** center
- **Width:** 250
- **Height:** 250
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- **Location:** New Zealand
- **Frameless:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 1978
- **Easiest Route:** Tongariro Alpine Crossing
- **Last Eruption:** 21 November 2012 13:50
- **Volcanic Zone:** Taupō Volcanic Zone
- **Label Position:** right

Mount Tongariro (; ) is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of Lake Taupō, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.

![Photo of Mount Tongariro](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Tongariro_National_Park_2_%28261409200%29.jpg)

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