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    • Ariel view of Te Pane-o-Mataoho (Mt Māngere) volcano New Zealand
    Rights: GeoNet Published 13 July 2017 Size: 630 KB Referencing Hub media

    A scoria cone volcano formed around 18,000 years ago. Historically used as a Māori pā site (as were many volcanoes). Features a lava dome in the centre of the crater – the only Auckland volcano with this feature.

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