| Pouakai Range | |
|---|---|
 The Pouakai Range viewed from Mount Taranaki, with the Kaitake Range in the background | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Pouakai |
| Elevation | 1,395 m (4,577 ft) |
| Coordinates | 39°14′17″S 174°00′51″E / 39.23806°S 174.01417°E |
| Geography | |
 Pouakai andesite (red shading) in centre of map. To its south-south-east is the younger and presently larger in andesitic direct deposits volcano of Mount Taranaki. The surrounding debris and lahar fields are not shown but include the green forested area on the map. To its north west are the older volcanoes of the small cone of Pukeiti, then the Kaitake. 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 |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 250 ka,[1] Pleistocene |
| Type of rock | Andesite |
| Volcanic belt | Taranaki Volcanic Lineament |
| Last eruption | 210 ka |
The Pouakai Range is an eroded and heavily vegetated stratovolcano in the North Island of New Zealand, located northwest of Mount Taranaki. It consists of the remains of a collapsed Pleistocene stratovolcano. The range is surrounded by a ring plain of lahar deposits from a massive collapse that has been dated as roughly 250,000 years old.[2]
The region has been reshaped more recently after each cone collapse from Mount Taranaki.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Cronin2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Pouakai". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "A line of volcanoes - the birth of Taranaki". Puke Ariki. 12 April 2012 – via YouTube.