New Zealand
Manawatū–Whanganui
Ruapehu District

Mount Ruapehu

Mount Ruapehu is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island in . It is 23 km northeast of and 23 km southwest of the southern shore of , within .
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,797 metres
  • Description: active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Ruapehu” and “Ruapehu volcano”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crater Lake and Dome Hill.

Lake
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Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Turoa and Tukino.

Hamlet
Photo: Daltonfox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a skifield on the south western side of Mount Ruapehu, the highest mountain in the of , in . The area has been used for skiing since before the completion of the Mountain Road; however, the first commercial field was ready in 1965, but with a poor snow season did not operate.

Locality
Photo: Geoff McKay, CC BY 2.0.
skifield is located on the eastern face of Mount Ruapehu, in the central area of the , . A club managed field, is open to the general public and both skiing and snowboarding are popular.

Hamlet
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Mount Ruapehu

Latitude
-39.2812° or 39° 16′ 52″ south
Longitude
175.56429° or 175° 33′ 51″ east
Elevation
2,797 metres (9,177 feet)
Named after
pit of noise or exploding pit
Open location code
4VGQPH97+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7180040516
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
2183134
Wiki­data ID
Q207284
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Ruapehu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل روابيهو”
  • Armenian: “Ռուապեհու”
  • Basque: “Ruapehu”
  • Belarusian: “вулкан Руапеху”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Руапеху”
  • Belarusian: “Руапеху”
  • Belarusian: “Руапэху”
  • Bulgarian: “Руапеху”
  • Catalan: “Ruapehu”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Cebuano: “Ruapehu”
  • Chinese: “魯阿佩胡山”
  • Chinese: “鲁阿佩胡山”
  • Chinese: “鲁阿佩胡火山”
  • Croatian: “Ruapehu”
  • Czech: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Czech: “Ruapehu”
  • Danish: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Dutch: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Dutch: “Ruapehu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت رواپيهو”
  • Esperanto: “Ruapehu”
  • Estonian: “Ruapehu mägi”
  • Estonian: “Ruapehu”
  • Finnish: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • French: “mont Ruapehu”
  • French: “Mont Ruapehu”
  • French: “Ruapehu”
  • Galician: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Georgian: “რუაპეჰუ”
  • German: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • German: “Ruapehu”
  • Greek: “Ρουαπέχου”
  • Hebrew: “הר רואפהו”
  • Hebrew: “רואפהו”
  • Hebrew: “רוהפאו”
  • Hebrew: “רופאהו”
  • Hindi: “रुआपेहू पर्वत”
  • Icelandic: “Ruapehu”
  • Icelandic: “Rúapehú”
  • Icelandic: “Rúhapehú-fjall”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Ruapehu”
  • Irish: “Ruapehu”
  • Italian: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Italian: “Ruapehu”
  • Japanese: “ルアペフ山”
  • Korean: “루아페후 산”
  • Korean: “루아페후산”
  • Latvian: “Ruapehu”
  • Lithuanian: “Ruapehu”
  • Macedonian: “Руапеху”
  • Malay: “Gunung Ruapehu”
  • Maori: “Ruapehu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Persian: “کوه روپهو”
  • Polish: “Ruapehu”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Portuguese: “Ruapehu”
  • Romanian: “Ruapehu”
  • Russian: “Руапеху”
  • Serbian: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Serbian: “Ruapehu”
  • Serbian: “Руапеху”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ruapehu”
  • Slovak: “Ruapehu”
  • Slovenian: “Ruapehu”
  • Spanish: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Spanish: “Ruapehu”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Ruapehu”
  • Swedish: “Ruapehu”
  • Turkish: “Ruapehu Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Руапеху”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Ruapehu”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Rwapehw”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Ruapehu”. Photo: JShook, CC BY 2.5.