Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu is an active volcano on North Island, New Zealand. It is the highest mountain in North Island with a height of 2,797 metres (9,177 ft).[1] It is located in Taupo, New Zealand. It last erupted in September 2007.[1]
History
In 1948, an airplane crashed into the volcano. All the people in the airplane died.[2]
Mount Ruapehu Media
Mount Ruapehu, January 2002.
A composite satellite image looking west across Ruapehu, with the older eroded volcano Hauhungatahi visible behind it, and the cone of Ngauruhoe visible to the right.
Crater Lake and Tahurangi, the highest peak (top right) in 2016. The 1996 tephra dam is the bluish dark area at lake edge directly below Tahurangi.
Fresh lahar channels scar Ruapehu's eastern slopes, 2007.
Historic Waihohonu Hut, Tongariro Northern Circuit, Tongariro National Park, New ZealandThe hut was 1901 built from two layers of corrugated iron, filled with pumice for insulation
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Zealand Department of Conservation. "Crater Lake". Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, "Aircraft Accident: Lockheed Electra ZK-AGK Kaka"; rtrieved 2012-6-15.
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