Te Puke (volcano)

Te Puke
Te Puke
	Te Puke monogenetic basaltic scoria cones (red marker) and lava field. Legend Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is: ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000002-QINU`"' basalt (shades of brown/orange) ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000003-QINU`"' monogenetic basalts ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000004-QINU`"' undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"' arc basalts ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000006-QINU`"' arc ring basalts ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000007-QINU`"' dacite ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000008-QINU`"' andesite (shades of red) ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000009-QINU`"' basaltic andesite ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000A-QINU`"' rhyolite (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet) ; '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000B-QINU`"' plutonic ; White shading is selected caldera features. ; Clicking on the rectangle icon enables full window and mouse-over with volcano name/wikilink and ages before present. ;
Highest point
Elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Coordinates	35°15′07″S 174°01′48″E / 35.252033°S 174.029961°E
Geology
Rock age	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Basaltic scoria cones
Rock type	Basalt
Last eruption	c. 1,300 years ago

Te Puke is a 136 metres (446 ft) high group of basaltic scoria cones, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in Northland, New Zealand. It is the easternmost volcano of the field, being located near Waitangi. The three or four small, cratered cones are in a southwest–northeast alignment. The last eruption was 1300 to 1800 years ago.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Kaikohe-Bay of Islands". Global Volcanism Program. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
↑ Hayward, Bruce; Smith, Ian (2002). "Field Trip 7: A Taste of Northland Geology" (PDF). In Smith, Vicki; Grenfell, Hugh (eds.). Field Trip Guides, GSNZ Annual Conference "Northland 2002". Geological Society of NZ Miscellaneous Publication 112B. Retrieved 28 March 2012.

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