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Kōrero: Bay of Plenty places

Mayor Island

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Mayor Island

The crater of Mayor Island (Tūhua) shows up clearly in this view from the east, with the Bay of Plenty coastline in the distance. The last eruption, around 7,000 years ago, left the crater with a rim breached nearly to sea level on the east side of the island (foreground).

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GNS Science

Reference: CN9167/9

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Inshore islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5663/mayor-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.

Comments

Steve Locke
02 July 2010
Fantastic picture of Mayor Island.