Mount Ruapehu

Mount Ruapehu is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island in New Zealand. 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: “Mynydd Rwapehw”, “Ruapehu”, “Rúapehú”, “Ruapehu mägi”, “Ruapehu volcano”, “הר רואפהו”, “רוהפאו”, “רופאהו”, and “鲁阿佩胡火山”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Crater Lake and Dome Hill.

Lake
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tūroa Village and Tukino Village.

Hamlet
Photo: Daltonfox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turoa is a skifield on the south western side…

Locality
Photo: Geoff McKay, CC BY 2.0.
Tukino skifield is located on the eastern face…

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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Ruapehu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل روابيهو”
  • Armenian: “Ռուապեհու”
  • Asturian: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Basque: “Ruapehu”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Руапеху”
  • Belarusian: “Руапеху”
  • Belarusian: “Руапэху”
  • Bulgarian: “Руапеху”
  • Catalan: “Ruapehu”
  • Cebuano: “Ruapehu”
  • Chinese: “魯阿佩胡山”
  • Chinese: “鲁阿佩胡山”
  • Croatian: “Ruapehu”
  • Czech: “Ruapehu”
  • Danish: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Dutch: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • Dutch: “Ruapehu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت رواپيهو”
  • Esperanto: “Ruapehu”
  • Estonian: “Ruapehu”
  • Finnish: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • French: “mont Ruapehu”
  • French: “Mont Ruapehu”
  • Galician: “Monte Ruapehu”
  • Georgian: “რუაპეჰუ”
  • German: “Mount Ruapehu”
  • German: “Ruapehu”
  • Greek: “Ρουαπέχου”
  • Hebrew: “רואפהו”
  • Hindi: “रुआपेहू पर्वत”
  • Icelandic: “Rúhapehú-fjall”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Ruapehu”
  • Irish: “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”
  • Romanian: “Ruapehu”
  • Russian: “Руапеху”
  • Serbian: “Ruapehu”
  • Serbian: “Руапеху”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ruapehu”
  • Slovak: “Ruapehu”
  • Slovenian: “Ruapehu”
  • Spanish: “Ruapehu”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Ruapehu”
  • Swedish: “Ruapehu”
  • Turkish: “Ruapehu Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Руапеху”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Ruapehu”

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