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Te Tātua A Riukiuta
Te Tātua a Riukiuta / Big King is a volcano and Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau, Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in Three Kings, New Zealand that erupted 28,500 years ago. The volcano had three prominent peaks known as Three Kings and a number of smaller peaks until most of them were Quarry, quarried away, leaving a sole remaining large peak known as Big King. Geology Te Tātua a Riukiuta was probably the most complex volcano in the Auckland volcanic field, consisting of five significant scoria cones and about a dozen smaller scoria mounds, sitting inside a large maar, explosion crater. Along the edge of this crater to the south runs Mount Albert Road, and to the north, Landscape Road. At across and nearly deep, the explosion crater, which was caused by the initial eruption, was the largest in Auckland. The crater no longer exists today. The three largest scoria cones of the group were Big King at high, East King at high, and Highest King, which was high. Lava flows r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Albert, New Zealand
Mount Albert is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. In the past Mt Albert also referred to the 2,500 acre borough that was created in 1911 on the outskirts of Auckland City. Mt Albert was also one of the original five wards within the Mt Albert Borough. The suburb is located seven kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland CBD, Central Business District (CBD). Volcano The peak, in parkland at the southern end of the suburb, is 135 metres in height, and is one of the many extinct cones which dot the city of Auckland, all of which are part of the Auckland volcanic field. Suburb Mount Albert suburb was the second that developed in Auckland, after Remuera. It was mostly settled by well-off families in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Significant growth occurred between the two world wars. It is surrounded by the neighbouring suburbs of Owairaka, Sandringham, New Zealand, Sandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
