Robertson Hill
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Robertson Hill is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field
. It's scoria cone reaches 78 metres above sea level (around 28 m above the surrounding land). The scoria cone crater was reshaped into an oval sports field with terraced seating. The scoria cone sits in the centre of a large explosion (maar) crater with the tuff ring arc still present around the south and east sides.
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's scoria cone reaches 78 metres above sea level (around 28 m above the surrounding land). The scoria cone crater was reshaped into an oval sports field with terraced seating. The scoria cone sits in the centre of a large explosion (maar) crater with the tuff ring arc still present around the south and east sides.