This is a partial list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.
Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinates Brothers Seamount -1350 -4400 - Clark Seamount -860 -2800 - Cole Seamount -1100 -3600 - Cotton Seamount -950 -3100 - Curtis Island 137 449 - Gamble Seamount -226 -741 - Giggenbach Seamount -65 -210 - Havre Seamount -730 -2360 2012 Hinepuia Seamounts - - - Hinetāpeka Seamount -96 -315 - James Healy Seamount -1150 -3800 1360 Macauley Island 238 781 Holocene Monowai Seamount -100 -330 2008 Pūtoto Seamount -225 -738 - Rakahore Seamount -560 -1837 - Raoul Island 516 1693 2006 Rumble I Seamount -1100 -3610 - Rumble II Seamount -880 -2890 - Rumble III Seamount -140 -459 1986 Rumble IV Seamount -450 -1476 - Rumble V Seamount -1100 -3610 - Silent I SeamountJohn H. Latter, Edwards F. Lloyd, Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. () New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands . Volcanic Hazards Working Group, Civil Defence Scientific Advisory Committee. - - - Silent II Seamount -780 -2559 - Tangaroa Seamount -600 -2000 - Wright Seamounts -750 -2500 -
North Island
Taupō Volcanic Zone
NameElevationLocationLast eruption metresfeetCoordinates Hauhungatahi 15214990 - Kakaramea-Tihia Massif 13004300 20,000 years ago Kawerau ---- Manawahe ~ 400,000 years ago Mangakino Caldera ---- Maroa Caldera 11563793 180 Maunga Kākaramea / Rainbow Mountain 743 2438 - Mount Maunganui232-- Maungaongaonga 825 2707 Mayor Island / Tūhua3381165 4390 BC ± 200 years Mokoia Island-- - Moutohora Island 354 1161 Pleistocene Mount Ngauruhoe229175161977 Mount Ngongotahā487- - Ōkataina Caldera111136451973 Pihanga13254347 - Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe)867- ~ 300 BC Reporoa Caldera59219421180 (hydrothermal) Lake Rotorua7572484 Pleistocene Mount Ruapehu279791772007 Rungapapa Knoll - - Pleistocene Tama Lakes---- Mount Tarawera (part of the Okataina caldera)11113644 1886 Mount Tauhara10873569Pleistocene Taupō Volcano7602493181 Mount Tongariro19686456 2012 Waiotapu 592 1942 1180 Whakaari / White Island 321 1053 2024 Whakatāne Seamount -980 -3200 -
Elsewhere Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinates Auckland volcanic field 260 853 1421 Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field) 379 - - 550,000 years ago Kārewa / Gannet Island - - - 500,000 years ago Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field 388 1273 1550 ± 250 years ago Kaitake - - - 500,000 years ago Kakepuku 449 1473 1.6 million years ago Karioi 756 2480 2.4 million years ago Little Barrier Island 722 2360 - 1.5 million years ago Manukau volcano 474 1555 16 million years ago Maungatautari 797 2615 1.8 million years ago Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands 153 - - 1.7 million years ago Mount Pirongia 962 3156 1.6 million years ago Pureora11653822 1.6 million years ago Ngatutura volcanic field 140 - 1.6 million years ago Poor Knights Islands - - - 4 million years ago Pouakai - - - 240,000 years ago Rangitoto Island (part of the Auckland volcanic field) 260 853 1350 South Auckland volcanic field 379 - 550,000 years ago Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont 2518 8261 1755 Titiraupenga10423419 1.89 million years ago Whangarei volcanic field 397 1302 -
South Island Name Elevation Location Last eruption metersfeetCoordinatesMount Somers1,6885,53843.70°S 171.40°E 89 million years ago Akaroa Volcano - - Miocene Dunedin Volcano 680 2218 c. 10 million years ago Bishop, D.G., and Turnbull, I.M. (compilers) (1996). Geology of the Dunedin Area. Lower Hutt, NZ: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences. . Mount Horrible (near Timaru) - - 2 million years ago Wilson, John (2009). "South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Lyttelton Volcano 919 3010 Miocene
Other Name Elevation Location Last eruption metersfeetCoordinates Antipodes Islands 402 1319 Holocene Auckland Island 650 1981 Miocene Mount Dick (Adams Island). Polar Conservation Organisation. 705 2313 - Pitt Island 241 791 Ancient Solander Islands 330 1080 Pleistocene
Ross Dependency New Zealand also has de facto administration over Ross Dependency in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:
Name Elevation Location Last eruption metersfeetCoordinates Mount Bird (Ross Island)176557913.8 million years ago"Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019. Brown Peak (Sturge Island, Balleny Islands) 1500 5000 2001 Buckle Island (Balleny Islands)12394065 1899 Mount Discovery (Scott Coast)268187961.8 million years ago"Mount Discovery, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019. Mount Erebus (Ross Island)3794124482008 (continuing) Mount Terror (Ross Island)323010597~ 800,000 years ago Young Island (Balleny Islands)13404396-
References
External links
New Zealand's Volcanoes at GNS Science