Kaimai volcano
Volcanic field 564 m / 1850 ft
New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
Kaimai volcano books
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Kaimai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Kaimai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
Background:
The Kaimai area contains eight major outcrops of Pliocene and lower Pleistocene rhyolites (Skinner 1986). Houghton (1994 pers. comm.) found no evidence for Pleistocene domes at Kaimai.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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