Mangere Mountain
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Mangere Mountain is one of the largest volcanic cones in the Auckland Volcanic Field
, with a peak 106 metres above sea level, and was the site of a major pā
. Many of the pā's earthworks are still very evident. It offers spectacular panoramic views of Auckland
.
The mountain features two large craters. The volcano has a wide crater with a lava dome
near its centre, a feature shared by no other volcano in Auckland. The volcano last erupted approximately 18,000 years ago.
The mountain is one of the largest and best preserved of Auckland's volcanic cones. Much of the archaeological environment on the mountain remains, such as kumara pits, garden terraces, walled garden mounds and stone boundary walls.
Near the mountain to the southwest is Mangere Lagoon
.
Auckland Volcanic Field
The Auckland volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand. Basaltic in nature, it underlies much of the metropolitan area of Auckland....
, with a peak 106 metres above sea level, and was the site of a major pā
Pa (Maori)
The word pā can refer to any Māori village or settlement, but in traditional use it referred to hillforts fortified with palisades and defensive terraces and also to fortified villages. They first came into being about 1450. They are located mainly in the North Island north of lake Taupo...
. Many of the pā's earthworks are still very evident. It offers spectacular panoramic views of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
.
The mountain features two large craters. The volcano has a wide crater with a lava dome
Lava dome
|250px|thumb|right|Image of the [[rhyolitic]] lava dome of [[Chaitén Volcano]] during its 2008–2009 eruption.In volcanology, a lava dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano...
near its centre, a feature shared by no other volcano in Auckland. The volcano last erupted approximately 18,000 years ago.
The mountain is one of the largest and best preserved of Auckland's volcanic cones. Much of the archaeological environment on the mountain remains, such as kumara pits, garden terraces, walled garden mounds and stone boundary walls.
Near the mountain to the southwest is Mangere Lagoon
Mangere Lagoon
Mangere Lagoon is a lagoon in the Manukau Harbour, New Zealand. It occupies a volcanic crater or maar which is part of the Auckland volcanic field...
.
External links
- Mangere Mountain, Department of Conservation
- Mt Mangere, Geological Society of New Zealand