List of volcanoes in New Zealand
Appearance
This is a partial list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.
Kermadec Arc and Havre Trough
North Island
Taupō Volcanic Zone

Elsewhere
South Island
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates
| ||
Mount Somers | 1,688 | 5,538 | 43.70°S 171.40°E | 89 million years ago |
Akaroa Volcano | - | - | 43°48′S 172°57′E / 43.800°S 172.950°E | Miocene |
Dunedin Volcano | 680 | 2218 | 45°49′S 170°39′E / 45.817°S 170.650°E | c. 10 million years ago [17] |
Mount Horrible (near Timaru) | - | - | 44°23′S 171°3′E / 44.383°S 171.050°E | 2 million years ago [18] |
Lyttelton Volcano | 919 | 3010 | 43°36′S 172°43′E / 43.600°S 172.717°E | Miocene |
Other
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates
| ||
Antipodes Islands | 402 | 1319 | 49°41′S 178°46′E / 49.68°S 178.77°E | Holocene |
Auckland Island | 650 | 1981 | 50°41′S 166°05′E / 50.69°S 166.08°E | Miocene[19] |
Adams Island)[20] |
705 | 2313 | 50°52′28″S 166°4′55″E / 50.87444°S 166.08194°E | - |
Pitt Island | 241 | 791 | 44°11′S 176°08′W / 44.18°S 176.13°W | Ancient[vague] |
Solander Islands | 330 | 1080 | 46°34′S 166°53′E / 46.567°S 166.883°E | Pleistocene |
Ross Dependency
New Zealand also has de facto administration over Ross Dependency in Antarctica, which contains the following volcanoes:
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
meters | feet | Coordinates
| ||
Mount Bird (Ross Island) | 1765 | 5791 | 77°16′S 166°45′E / 77.267°S 166.750°E | 3.8 million years ago[21] |
Brown Peak (Sturge Island, Balleny Islands) | 1500 | 5000 | 67°24′S 164°50′E / 67.400°S 164.833°E | 2001 |
Buckle Island (Balleny Islands) | 1239 | 4065 | 66°48′S 163°15′E / 66.800°S 163.250°E | 1899 |
Mount Discovery (Scott Coast) | 2681 | 8796 | 78°22′S 166°01′E / 78.367°S 166.017°E | 1.8 million years ago[22] |
Mount Erebus (Ross Island) | 3794 | 12448 | 77°32′S 167°17′E / 77.533°S 167.283°E | 2008 (continuing) |
Mount Terror (Ross Island) | 3230 | 10597 | 77°31′S 168°32′E / 77.517°S 168.533°E | ~ 800,000 years ago |
Young Island (Balleny Islands) | 1340 | 4396 | 66°25′S 162°27′E / 66.417°S 162.450°E | - |
References
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- ^ "Place name detail: 55518". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55522". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55523". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 56548". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55531". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55542". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55543". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b John H. Latter, Edwards F. Lloyd, Ian E.M. Smith, and Simon Nathan. () New Zealand's volcanoes: Kermadec Islands Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Volcanic Hazards Working Group, Civil Defence Scientific Advisory Committee.
- ^ "Place name detail: 14795". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55553". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: 55560". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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- ^ "Okataina: Eruptive History". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
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- ^ "Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Mount Discovery, Antarctica," http://volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2019.