Pihanga
Pihanga is a andesitic volcanic peak in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, located to the north of Mount Tongariro, between Tongariro and Lake Taupō. The nearest town to Pihanga is Tūrangi.
Details
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- Map of volcanic features near Pihanga (red marker). Surface volcanic deposits are shaded. To its immediate south west is Lake Rotoaira and beyond is Mount Tongariro with its recent vents active in the last 15,000 years shaded , with craters in . Lakes in vents are outlined in . Rhyolitic ignimbrite surface deposits are from eruptions of the Taupō Volcano.
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Zoom
- 10
- Align
- center
- Width
- 250
- Height
- 250
- Location
- Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
- Image Map
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- Elevation M
- 1326
- Last Eruption
- at least 20,000 years ago
- Label Position
- right