| Kakepuku | |
|---|---|
 Kakepuku from the south as seen from the North Island Main Trunk railway (Dec 2011) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 449 m (1,473 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 38°3′57.51″S 175°14′59.6358″E / 38.0659750°S 175.249898833°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | ascending belly of Kahurere (flying cloak or hawk) |
| Geography | |
 Kakepuku (green marker) on map of selected nearby surface volcanic features.
Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcano name/wikilink and ages before present. Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is: basalt (shades of brown/orange), monogenetic basalts, undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon, arc basalts, arc ring basalts, andesite (shades of red), basaltic andesite, and plutonic. White shading is selected caldera features. | |
| Location | North Island, New Zealand |
| Topo map | BE33 Pirongia http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz53324 |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Pliocene |
| Mountain type | Volcano (extinct) |
| Last eruption | 2.5 million years ago |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | from Kakepuku Rd |
Kakepuku (Te Kakepuku ō Kahu[2]) is a volcanic cone which rises from the plain between the Waipā and Puniu rivers, about 3 km (2 mi) NW of Te Kawa[3] and 8 km (5 mi) SW of Te Awamutu in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
- ^ "Waitomotomo Stream, Waikato – NZ Topo Map". topomap.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- ^ Board., New Zealand Geographic Board. New Zealand Lottery Grants (1990). He korero pūrākau mo ngā taunahanahatanga a ngā tūpuna = Place names of the ancestors, a Maori oral history atlas. New Zealand Geographic Board. ISBN 0-477-00049-5. OCLC 945230809.
- ^ "Te Kawa, Waikato". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 2019-05-07.