Coromandel Volcanic Zone | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 953 m (3,127 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°10′S 175°38′E / 37.16°S 175.64°E |
Geography | |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Miocene and Pliocene |
Mountain type | Volcanic area |
Type of rock | Andesite and Rhyolite |
Volcanic arc | Coromandel Volcanic Zone |
Last eruption | c. 2.5 million years ago[1] (subsequent evidence closer to 4 million years ago)[2][3] |
The Coromandel Volcanic Zone (CVZ) is an extinct intraplate volcanic arc stretching from Great Barrier Island in the north, through the Coromandel Peninsula, to the Kaimai Range in the south. The area of transition between it and the newer and still active Taupō Volcanic Zone is now usually separated and is called the Tauranga Volcanic Centre. Its volcanic activity was associated with the formation and most active period of the Hauraki Rift.