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Kōrero: Volcanoes

Onshore and offshore volcanoes

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Onshore and offshore volcanoes

These two images show the similarity between onshore and offshore volcanic cones. Upper image: the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park, with Tongariro in the foreground, the symmetrical cone of Ngāuruhoe in the centre, and Ruapehu in the background. Lower image: Whakaari (White Island), off the Bay of Plenty coast, is the top part of a large submerged cone volcano similar in size to Tongariro.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN5299 (top); CN28769 (bottom)

by Lloyd Homer

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Richard Smith, David J. Lowe rāua ko Ian Wright, Volcanoes – Cone volcanoes and volcanic fields, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8702/onshore-and-offshore-volcanoes (accessed 4 June 2026).

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