Pukewairiki
36°56′39″S 174°51′57″E / 36.944078°S 174.865887°E / -36.944078; 174.865887
Pukewairiki located in Highbrook Park is a volcano in the Auckland volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand.
Geography
Pukewairiki is one of the oldest known volcanoes of the Auckland Volcanic Field, having erupted an estimated 130,000 years ago.[1] It has an explosion crater around 500 m wide, and a tuff ring up to 30 m high, which has been eroded away on the south-western side. The northern side had a terrace eroded into at a time of higher sea-level during the Last Interglacial. In the past it has erroneously been called Pukekiwiriki, which is the name for Red Hill, Papakura.
The crater is located in Highbrook Park, a public park in East Tāmaki, Auckland on the shores of the Ōtara Creek.[1]
Gallery
- Pukewairiki tuff crater
- Eroding tuff layers with embedded basaltic rock, Pukewairiki
References
- ^ a b Janssen, Peter (January 2021). Greater Auckland Walks. New Holland Publishers. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-86966-516-6. Wikidata Q118136068.
Further reading
- City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
- Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential guide - Hayward, B.W., Murdoch, G., Maitland, G.; Auckland University Press, 2011.
- Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
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