Mount Taranaki
| Mount Taranaki | |
|---|---|
View of Mount Taranaki from Stratford, showing Fanthams Peak on the southern flank | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,518 m (8,261 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,308 m (7,572 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra New Zealand #65 |
| Coordinates | 39°17′47″S 174°03′53″E / 39.29639°S 174.06472°E |
| Geography | |
Mount Taranaki North Island, New Zealand | |
| Topo map | NZMS 169 Egmont National Park |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | 135 ka |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1854 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberley, 1839[2][3] |
| Easiest route | Mount Taranaki Summit Track (trail)[4] |
Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga), officially Taranaki Maunga and also known as Mount Egmont, is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.[5][6][7] At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak (Māori: Panitahi), 1,966 metres (6,450 ft), on its south side.[8]
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- ^ "Pouākai Crossing: History and culture". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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- ^ 'Likely to erupt in the future', Neal & Alloway 1991, as quoted in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics Archived 22 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Andrews, Emma; Paewai, Pokere (30 January 2025). "Taranaki Maunga becomes a legal person as treaty settlement passes into law". RNZ. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "Dawson Falls and East Egmont Walks" (PDF). Department of Conservation. 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2025.