Pigeon Mountain
Encyclopedia
Pigeon Mountain is a 55 m high volcanic cone
situated in Half Moon Bay near Bucklands Beach
, Auckland
, New Zealand
. It forms part of the Auckland volcanic field
and is very popular for scientific school trips. It has been extensively quarried with the entire north side of the volcano removed. The mountain is a former pa
site and some of the terracing still remains. Artefacts as well as skulls were found there in the 1960s by students from Pakuranga College. The mountain is open to the public. A 10 minute walk to the top gives good views. The north face is partly fenced off and is an almost vertical drop of 30 metres.
In the southwest corner there is a playing field with changing rooms. On the quarried northwestern side are a BMX track and Scout hall. The sports field is built on a free-draining scoria base.
Volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic formations. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and size of the fragments ejected during the eruption...
situated in Half Moon Bay near Bucklands Beach
Bucklands Beach
Bucklands Beach is a suburb 13 kilometres east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City, and under authority of the Auckland Council.-Maori:...
, 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...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It forms part of the Auckland volcanic field
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....
and is very popular for scientific school trips. It has been extensively quarried with the entire north side of the volcano removed. The mountain is a former pa
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...
site and some of the terracing still remains. Artefacts as well as skulls were found there in the 1960s by students from Pakuranga College. The mountain is open to the public. A 10 minute walk to the top gives good views. The north face is partly fenced off and is an almost vertical drop of 30 metres.
In the southwest corner there is a playing field with changing rooms. On the quarried northwestern side are a BMX track and Scout hall. The sports field is built on a free-draining scoria base.
See also
- Rangitoto IslandRangitoto IslandRangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km wide island is an iconic and widely visible landmark of Auckland with its distinctive symmetrical shield volcano cone rising 260 metres high over the Hauraki Gulf...
- Mount Wellington, New Zealand