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.Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano
- Description: volcano in the Auckland volcanic field
- Also known as: “Purchas Hill / Te Tauoma”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panmure and Colin Maiden Park.
Panmure
Railway station
Photo: Nankai, Public domain.
Panmure railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. Eastern Line services of the Auckland railway network are the only regular services that stop at the station.
Colin Maiden Park
Park
Maungarei
Volcano
Photo: Bhutt, Public domain.
Maungarei / Mount Wellington is a 135-metre volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga located in the Auckland volcanic field of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the youngest onshore volcano of the Auckland volcanic field, having been formed by an eruption around 10,000 years ago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Remuera and Mount Wellington.
Remuera
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remuera is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located four kilometres southeast of the city centre. Remuera is characterised by many large houses, often Edwardian or mid 20th century.
Mount Wellington
Suburb
Photo: Bhutt, Public domain.
Mount Wellington is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located 10 km southeast of the city centre. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Stonefields, Tamaki, Panmure, Penrose, and Ellerslie, and by the Tāmaki River.
Ellerslie
Suburb
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ellerslie is a suburb of the city of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. Ellerslie lies seven kilometres to the southeast of the city centre, close to State Highway 1.
Purchas Hill
- Category: landform
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.8872° or 36° 53′ 14″ southLongitude
174.8475° or 174° 50′ 51″ eastOpen location code
4VMP4R7W+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 9538820704OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcanoWikidata ID
Q2118760
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Satellite Map
Discover Purchas Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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