Tauranga Volcanic Centre

Tauranga Volcanic Centre
Map
Map of selected surface volcanic features of the Tauranga Volcanic Centre alone (see other map on this page for volcanic relationships). Much of the centre to the south is buried under the Mamaku ignimbrite from the Rotorua Caldera which may extend even to Matakana Island in Tauranga Harbour. There is one basaltic centre (gray) on the island. The buried approximate outline of the postulated Omanawa Caldera which likely contributed to Centre ignimbrites is in pale white towards present Lake Rotorua. Brown shows the Waiteariki Ignimbrite. If you click on the map you will enable mouseover of volcano feature/wikilink. Characterised vents are black rectangles. Rhyolite fields from known vents is in red (geologically typed as Minden rhyolite) and andesite from the Otawa Formation is pink. Purple is Papamoa Ignimbrites.[1][2][3][4]
Highest point
Coordinates37°42′47″S 176°02′38″E / 37.713°S 176.0438°E / -37.713; 176.0438
Geography
Tauranga Volcanic Centre is located in North Island
Tauranga Volcanic Centre
Tauranga Volcanic Centre
Geology
Age of rock2.4–1.9 Ma[1]
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Mountain typeMultiple
Volcanic arc/beltTaupō Volcanic Zone
Last eruption1.9 Ma[1]

The Tauranga Volcanic Centre is a geologic region in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. It extends from the southern end of Waihi Beach and from the old volcanoes of the Coromandel Peninsula that make up the northern part of the Kaimai Range, towards the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

It was the site, about 2.1 million years ago, of the large single eruption event of Waiteariki ignimbrite with DRE of 870 ± 87 km3 (209 ± 21 cu mi).[5]: 73 

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  5. ^ Prentice, Marlena Lee (2023). Silicic volcanism of the Tauranga Volcanic Centre and the climactic Waiteariki supereruption at the dawn of the Taupō Volcanic Zone; PhD dissertation (PDF) (Thesis). The University of Waikato. Retrieved 10 September 2023.