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Pillow lavas

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Pillow lavas

This undersea image shows fresh-looking pillow lavas on the upper flanks of the Haungaroa volcano.

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Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, Volcanoes – The Kermadec Ridge: submarine volcanoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8722/pillow-lavas (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, published 2 March 2009.