Mount Taranaki : In News
Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status.
- It is a snow-capped dormant volcano and the second highest mountain (8,261 feet) located in North Island of New Zealand.
- It is a stratovolcano (also called a composite cone) – and is made up of alternating layers of ash and lava flow.
- It was created by subduction of the Pacific Plate below the Australian Plate.
- It has two official names – Mount Egmont and Mount Taranaki.
- It is located in Egmont National Park.
- It is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world.
- There is a circular ring plain of volcanic material formed from lahars and landslides.
- Mount Taranaki has become the third natural feature in New Zealand to be bestowed with an individual (human) status, after Te Urewera National Park and Whanganui River.
- The Indigenous Maori people of New Zealand respect the snow-covered Taranaki Maunga as a sacred ancestor.
