List of volcanoes in New Zealand
This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.
Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough
North Island
Taupo Volcanic Zone
Name | Elevation | Elevation | Location | Last eruption |
Name | metres | feet | Coordinates | Last eruption |
Putauaki | 867 | - | ~ 300 BC | |
Hauhungatahi | 1521 | 4990 | - | |
Kawerau | - | - | - | - |
Manawahe | ~ 400,000 years ago | |||
Maungakakaramea / Rainbow Mountain | 743 | 2437 | ||
Maungaongaonga | 509 | 1670 | ||
Maroa Caldera | 1156 | 3793 | 180 | |
Mount Maunganui | 232 | - | - | |
Mayor Island/Tuhua | 338 | 1165 | 4390 BC ± 200 years | |
Mokoia Island | - | - | - | - |
Mount Ngauruhoe | 2291 | 7516 | 1977 | |
Mount Ngongotahā | 487 | - | - | - |
Okataina Caldera | 1111 | 3645 | 1973 | |
Pihanga | 1325 | 4347 | - | |
Reporoa Caldera | 592 | 1942 | 1180 | |
Lake Rotorua | 757 | 2484 | Pleistocene | |
Mount Ruapehu | 2797 | 9177 | 2007 | |
Tama Lakes | - | - | - | - |
Mount Tarawera | 1111 | 3644 | 1886 | |
Mount Tauhara | 1087 | 3569 | - | Pleistocene |
Lake Taupo | 760 | 2493 | 181 | |
Mount Tongariro | 1968 | 6456 | 2012 | |
Waiotapu | 592 | 1942 | 1180 | |
Whakaari/White Island | 321 | 1053 | 2019 | |
Moutohora Island | 354 | 1161 | Pleistocene | |
Whakamuru | - | - | - | - |
Whakatane volcano | -980 | -3200 | - | |
Rungapapa Knoll | - | - | Pleistocene |
Elsewhere
South Island
Other
Ross Dependency
New Zealand also has de facto administration over Ross Dependency in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:Name | Elevation | Elevation | Location | Last eruption |
Name | meters | feet | Coordinates | Last eruption |
Mount Bird | 1765 | 5791 | 3.8 million years ago | |
Brown Peak | 1500 | 5000 | 2001 | |
Buckle Island | 1239 | 4065 | 1899 | |
Mount Discovery | 2681 | 8796 | 1.8 million years ago | |
Mount Erebus | 3794 | 12448 | 2008 | |
Mount Terror | 3230 | 10597 | ~ 800,000 years ago | |
Young Island | 1340 | 4396 | - |