Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island volcanic plateau in New Zealand. It is 23 km northeast of Ohakune and 23 km southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within Tongariro National Park.
- Volcano rising to 2,797 metres (9,177 feet)
- …is named after pit of noise or exploding pit
- Description: active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
- Also known as“Ruapehu”“Ruapehu volcano”
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Mount Ruapehu
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Latitude
-39.2812° or 39° 16′ 52″ south
Longitude
175.56429° or 175° 33′ 51″ east
Open location code
4VGQPH97+GP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = volcano
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Ruapehu” goes by many names.
جبل روابيهوArabic
ՌուապեհուArmenian
Monte RuapehuAsturian
RuapehuBasque
Вулкан РуапехуBelarusian
РуапехуBelarusian
РуапэхуBelarusian
РуапехуBulgarian
RuapehuCatalan
Mount RuapehuCebuano
RuapehuCebuano
魯阿佩胡山Chinese
鲁阿佩胡山Chinese
鲁阿佩胡火山Chinese
RuapehuCroatian
Mount RuapehuCzech
RuapehuCzech
Mount RuapehuDanish
Mount RuapehuDutch
RuapehuDutch
جبل مونت رواپيهوEgyptian Arabic
RuapehuEsperanto
RuapehuEstonian
Ruapehu mägiEstonian
Mount RuapehuFinnish
Monte RuapehuGalician
რუაპეჰუGeorgian
ΡουαπέχουGreek
הר רואפהוHebrew
רואפהוHebrew
רוהפאוHebrew
רופאהוHebrew
रुआपेहू पर्वतHindi
RúapehúIcelandic
Rúhapehú-fjallIcelandic
Gunung RuapehuIndonesian
RuapehuIrish
Monte RuapehuItalian
RuapehuItalian
ルアペフ山Japanese
루아페후 산Korean
RuapehuLatvian
RuapehuLithuanian
РуапехуMacedonian
Gunung RuapehuMalay
RuapehuMaori
Mount RuapehuNorwegian
Mount RuapehuNorwegian Bokmål
Mount RuapehuNorwegian Nynorsk
کوه روپهوPersian
RuapehuPolish
RuapehuRomanian
РуапехуRussian
Mount RuapehuSerbian
Mlima RuapehuSwahili
RuapehuSwedish
Ruapehu DağıTurkish
РуапехуUkrainian
Mynydd RuapehuWelsh
Mynydd RwapehwWelsh
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