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Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Inside White Island crater

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Inside White Island crater

This photograph of the White Island crater shows large areas of steaming ground, with a collapsed crater filled with acid water in the foreground. The tiny figures at top left give a sense of scale.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN033694/14

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Eruptions in early history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6833/inside-white-island-crater (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.