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| Mount Maunganui Mauao | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mauao_and_Beach.JPG) Mount Maunganui | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Coordinates | 37°37′48″S 176°10′16″E / 37.630°S 176.171°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Tauranga Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand |
| Topo map | NZMS 260 sheet: U14 |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | 2.35 ± 0.06 Ma[2] |
| Mountain type | Lava dome[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail |
Mount Maunganui, or Mauao, known to locals as The Mount,[3] is a 232 metre (760 foot) volcanic dome at the end of a peninsula in the Tauranga suburb of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, beside the eastern entrance to the city's harbour.
Local Māori consider Mauao to be tapu (sacred), and it plays an important role in their mythology. They own the mountain and manage it jointly with Tauranga City Council.
Mauao is open to the public and is popular for scenic walks, jogging, parasailing and hang gliding. In recent years, fires and storm damage have required replanting and track repairs.
- ^ "Mt Maunganui". Te Ara. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Pittari, Adrian; Prentice, Marlena L.; McLeod, Oliver E.; Yousef Zadeh, Elham; Kamp, Peter J. J.; Danišík, Martin; Vincent, Kirsty A. (3 July 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.
- ^ "Mount Maunganui - Things to see and do". Retrieved 5 September 2023.