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Story: Volcanoes

Page 10. All images & media

From page 1 - What is a volcano?

From page 2 - Pacific Ring of Fire

From page 3 - Cone volcanoes and volcanic fields

From page 4 - Caldera volcanoes and the Taupō Volcanic Zone

From page 5 - The Taupō volcano

From page 6 - The Kermadec Ridge: submarine volcanoes

From page 7 - Tephra layers – a record of past eruptions

From page 8 - Monitoring active volcanoes

How to cite this page

Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, Volcanoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/12466/media (accessed 4 June 2026).

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