Tarahi | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
Coordinates | 35°21′43″S 173°51′01″E / 35.361905°S 173.850414°E |
Geology | |
Rock age | Pleistocene |
Rock type | Andesite |
Tarahi is a 388 m (1,273 ft) high andesite volcano, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. Northwest of Tarahi is a smaller, 350 m (1,150 ft) basaltic scoria cone, Haruru pā, before the higher cone of Te Ahuahu.[1] To its immediate east is Putahi and the location of a famous battle of the Flagstaff War adjacent to Lake Ōmāpere.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Puketutu and Te Ahuahu - Northern War". Ministry for Culture and Heritage - NZ History online. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2023.