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Kōrero: Mountains

The North Island from space

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The North Island from space

From space, the east coast axial range appears as a dark line of forest. White cloud clusters around the central volcanic peaks and Mt Taranaki in the west.

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NASA-Johnson Space Center

Reference: International Space Station Crew Earth Observations Experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, ISS006-E-40139

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – North Island mountains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14311/the-north-island-from-space (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Andy Dennis, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.