Purchas Hill
Purchas Hill is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. Purchas Hill was a twin-cratered scoria cone around 50 metres high, located north of Maungarei / Mount Wellington, before it was predominantly quarried away.
- Volcano
- …is also known as “Purchas Hill / Te Tauoma”
- Description: volcano in the Auckland volcanic field
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panmure and Colin Maiden Park.
Panmure
Railway station
Nankai, Public domain.
Panmure railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Remuera and Mount Wellington.
Ellerslie
Suburb
Ellerslie is a suburb of the city of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.
Purchas Hill
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-36.8872° or 36° 53′ 14″ south
Longitude
174.8475° or 174° 50′ 51″ east
Open location code
4VMP4R7W+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to German—“Purchas Hill” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Purchas Hill”
- German: “Purchas Hill”
- German: “Te Tauoma”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stonefields and St Johns.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include CLM The Bays and Onform.
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