Whangarei Volcano
Updated: Nov 13, 2025 16:17 GMT -
cinder cones
North Island, New Zealand, -35.75°S / 174.27°E 
Summit height: 397 m / 1,302 ft
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Whangarei volcano (named after the nearby town of Whangarei) is a group of cinder cones and lava flows. Their age is not well known, and could be as between less than 10,000 and up to about 30,000 years ago.
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Whangarei volcano eruptions: probably about 30,000 years ago
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Background
from Smithsonian / GVP volcano information:The Whangarei volcanic field lies in the central part of the Northland Peninsula, at the southernmost end of the Northland Intraplate Province. In addition to the younger dominantly basaltic rocks, Miocene dacitic lava domes and rhyolitic breccias are also present at Whangarei.
Quaternary volcanics form a group of large cones SE of Whangarei, a NE-aligned group of scoria cones north of the city, and a group of lava flows east of the city along a major fault. The youngest basalts were mapped as Holocene (Kear and Thompson, 1964), although the age of the field is not well known and there are some indications that the latest eruption may have been during the late Pleistocene, about 30,000 years ago (Latter 1994, pers. comm.).
Latest satellite images
Whangarei Volcano Maps
Below is a selection of maps showing the location and surroundings of the volcano at various resolutions based on aerial-imagery / terrain maps. Feel free to use them for non-commercial purposes on your blog or website as long as you credit them with a link back to this page (click to copy it).
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Whangarei volcano (scale of few kilometers)
