| Mount Pureora | |
|---|---|
 Titiraupenga from Pureora summit | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,165 m (3,822 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 38°33′07″S 175°37′40″E / 38.551872°S 175.627846°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Pureora | |
 Map showing approximate basaltic andesite surface volcanic deposits around Mount Pureora (red marker). Mount Titiraupenga deposits are to the north west. Other surface deposits are as in fuller key while mixed erosive volcanic surface deposits are uncoloured.
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. | |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1.60 ± 0.10 Ma.[2] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Te Araroa |
Pureora (known more usually as Mount Pureora to avoid confusion with the township, locality and Forest Park) is an extinct 1,165 metres (3,822 ft)[1] high basaltic andesite stratovolcano[2] located in the Pureora Forest Park between Lake Taupō and Te Kūiti on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand. The area of the mountain is in a scenic reserve that is "recognised as one of the finest rain forests in the world".[3]
- ^ a b c "NZTopoMap:Pureora".
- ^ a b Pittari, Adrian; Prentice, Marlena L.; McLeod, Oliver E.; Zadeh, Elham Yousef; Kamp, Peter J. J.; Danišík, Martin; Vincent, Kirsty A. (2021). "Inception of the modern North Island (New Zealand) volcanic setting: spatio-temporal patterns of volcanism between 3.0 and 0.9 Ma" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 64 (2–3): 250–272. doi:10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343.
- ^ "Walks in the Pureora Forest". Visit Ruapehu. Retrieved 23 November 2022.