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Haungaroa undersea volcano

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Haungaroa undersea volcano

The Haungaroa volcano was discovered in 2002, and this model has been built from information gathered during an underwater survey. The real volcano is about 30 kilometres in diameter and 2,400 metres high. On this model the darker areas are young lava flows.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Richard Smith, David J. Lowe rāua ko Ian Wright, Volcanoes – The Kermadec Ridge: submarine volcanoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/8721/haungaroa-undersea-volcano (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Richard Smith, David J. Lowe rāua ko Ian Wright, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.