Pouakai Range
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The Pouakai Range is an eroded and heavily vegetated stratovolcano in the North Island of New Zealand, located northwest of Mount Taranaki. It consists of the remains of a collapsed Pleistocene stratovolcano. The range is surrounded by a ring plain of lahar deposits from a massive collapse that has been dated as roughly 250,000 years old.[2]
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Pouakai Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Pouakai |
Elevation | 1,395 m (4,577 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°14′17″S 174°00′51″E |
Geography | |
Location | North Island, New Zealand |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 250 ka,[1] Pleistocene |
Type of rock | Andesite |
Volcanic belt | Taranaki Volcanic Lineament |
Last eruption | 210 ka |
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The region has been reshaped more recently after each cone collapse from Mount Taranaki.[3]