Kakepuku Volcano
Updated: May 1, 2024 15:40 GMT -
Lava cone(s) 450 m / 1476 ft
New Zealand, -38.07°S / 175.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -38.07°S / 175.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kakepuku volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 27, 09:19 am (Auckland) | 2.8 223 km | 23 km (14 mi) to the S | New Zealand | Info |
Background
Kakepuku is less eroded than neighboring Pliocene-lower Pleistocene Pirongia volcano (Briggs 1983). A flank cone lies to the north, and the Te Kawa lava cone, the only volcano of the Alexandra volcanic group to retain a crater, lies to the SE.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information