Mount Tongariro
Mount Tongariro is a hill in Greater Wellington, North Island and has an elevation of 1,978 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tongariro and Mount Ngauruhoe.
Mount Tongariro
Volcano
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Tongariro is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km to the southwest of Lake Taupō, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
Mount Ngauruhoe
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Ngauruhoe is a volcanic cone in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro stratovolcano complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island and first erupted about 2,500 years ago. Mount Ngauruhoe is situated 3 km south of Mount Tongariro.
Mount Tongariro
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,978 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.12823° or 39° 7′ 42″ southLongitude
175.63021° or 175° 37′ 49″ eastElevation
1,978 metres (6,490 feet)Open location code
4VGQVJCJ+P3GeoNames ID
6226817
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