Kōrero: Volcanoes

Tokatoka (2 o 2)

Tokatoka

Tokatoka, near Dargaville, is the eroded remnant of the plug of an extinct andesite volcano. Radiometric dating shows that the volcano was active about 18 million years ago (early Miocene).

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Photograph by Bruce Hayward

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, 'Volcanoes - What is a volcano?', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8705/tokatoka (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006