Mount Eden / Maungawhau Volcano

Mount Eden is an elongated volcano with a smaller northern cone and a larger, more recent one to the south that includes the highest point on its southern rim. The crater of the northern cone has been modified into a flat surface by the construction of two reservoirs, but the main crater is intact. It is about 150 metres or more across and 50 metres deep. The volcano also produced a lot of lava from its base that spread in all directions. This now lies beneath the streets and buildings up to two kilometres distant from the cone.

As well as having a perfectly circular crater, the summit of Mount Eden gives unparalleled 360 degree views of Auckland city and the wider landscape.
Have a look in all directions and count the volcanoes! Have a go at naming as many of the other landscape or coastal locations or features that you can see. Whilst you take in the views, try to take yourself back 28,000 years to when this volcano was erupting with a roar, producing choking gases, billowing clouds of smoke and a fountain of incandescent lava bombs that rained down on all sides.