Volcanoes

VOLCANOES

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city. Auckland has around 48 volcanoes. These volcanoes started erupting between 60,000 and 140,000 years ago and some are still active now. No one knows when the next one will erupt. Auckland's volcanoes have created a special landscape.

**White Island** is an active volcano 48km off the east coast of the North Island (it is about 300km from Auckland). The island is shaped like a circle. The large crater (hole) now contains a lake (water). This volcano last erupted on 8th January 2001. The following clip shows this eruption...

media type="youtube" key="KsQhHKhYhRI" height="385" width="480" align="center"

**Mount Ruapehu** is New Zealand's most active volcanoes at the southern end of Lake Taupo in the North Island (350km from Auckland). The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in New Zealand. Some of the scenes were filmed on the slopes of Ruapehu.It's last eruption was on 25th September 2007.Watch this...

media type="youtube" key="h8W_sGYAQlc" height="385" width="480"

We are going to visit **Rangitoto** on Friday 30th July. Rangitoto is Auckland's most recent and largest volcano. Can you find out some information about Rangitoto? Please put your information on your wiki page. 1.When did it first explode? 2.When did this volcano last erupt? 3. Can you find Rangitoto on a map? Fist click on the link below and then you can search for Rangitoto using the 'satellite' button at the top right of the screen. You may wish to take a photo of the image and insert it onto your wiki page. Click Here

__**Extra activities**__: Look for information about the following volcanoes: Mount Wellington, One Tree Hill and Pigeon Mountain. Find out when they first exploded, when it last erupted and search for the volcano using the link above to Google Maps.