# Raoul Island

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Coordinates:** -29.266667, -177.916667
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Location:** Kermadec Islands
- **Formed By:** Subduction zone volcanism
- **Image Alt:** View taken from an orbiting spacecraft showing a roughly triangular-shaped island
- **Image Map:** Orthographic projection over Raoul Island.png
- **Image Size:** 260
- **Other Name:** Rangitāhua (Māori)Sunday Island
- **Elevation M:** 516
- **Parent Peak:** Moumoukai Peak
- **Volcanic Arc:** Kermadec Islands
- **Last Eruption:** March 2006

The Raoul volcano massif is over twice the area of the island extending off the seafloor and has a total volume of . Denham caldera's long axis is parallel to the tectonic fabric of the Havre Trough that lies west of the volcanic arc. There is a large undersea caldera about to the northeast of the island in the volcanic edifice.

![Photo of Raoul Island](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Raoul_Island%2C_New_Zealand_%28STS008-36-1403%2C_cropped_rotated%29.jpg)

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