Maungataketake
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Maungataketake is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field
. It had a 76 m high scoria cone, beside a 100 m wide crater, before they were quarried away. It was the site of a pā
. Layers of volcanic tuff and ash from Maungataketake overlay the fallen trunks of the nearby Ihumatao fossil forest.
Auckland Volcanic Field
The Auckland volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand. Basaltic in nature, it underlies much of the metropolitan area of Auckland....
. It had a 76 m high scoria cone, beside a 100 m wide crater, before they were quarried away. It was the site of a pā
Pa (Maori)
The word pā can refer to any Māori village or settlement, but in traditional use it referred to hillforts fortified with palisades and defensive terraces and also to fortified villages. They first came into being about 1450. They are located mainly in the North Island north of lake Taupo...
. Layers of volcanic tuff and ash from Maungataketake overlay the fallen trunks of the nearby Ihumatao fossil forest.
