Pigeon Mountain
Pigeon Mountain may refer to: *Pigeon Mountain (New Zealand) * Pigeon Mountain (Alberta), a mountain in Seebe, Alberta, Canada *Pigeon Mountain (Georgia), a mountain in Walker County See also *Pigeon Peak Pigeon Peak, elevation , is a summit in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado. It rises dramatically on the east side of the Animas River, west of the fourteener Mount ...

Pigeon Mountain (New Zealand)
Pigeon Mountain (, officially Ōhuiarangi / Pigeon Mountain) is a high volcanic cone and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) at Half Moon Bay, near Howick and Bucklands Beach, in Auckland, New Zealand. It is part of the Auckland volcanic field. Geography and history The volcano erupted around 24,000 years ago, forming a large crater and tuff ring about 500 meters wide. The prominent tuff ring is still clearly visible extending in an arc south of Sunderlands Road. Two much smaller craters were formed to the north west of the main cone. The smaller lies buried under Pigeon Mountain Road outside number 18, and the other forms Heights Park, a private reserve for the owners of 29–41 Pigeon Mountain Road and 14–36 Prince Regent Drive and 33–39 Tyrian Close. Ōhuiarangi is a Māori name meaning 'the desire of Rangi'. Early European settlers saw many kererū, native wood pigeons, feeding on the pigeonwood trees there, hence the name Pigeon Mountain. The mountain is a f ...
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