A mountain or hill,

usually having a cuplike

crater at the summit,
formed around such a
 Where Do We Find
Volcanoes ?
• Volcanoes are
normally found
somewhere
where tectonic
plates pull apart
or are coming Major Fault Lines In
The World
together.
Volcanoes can
The Two Tectonic
Plates
New Zealand has
been greatly
affected by its
position on the edge
of two tectonic
plates. The
boundary between
the Pacific Plate and
the Indian/
Types of Volcanoes
 Even though each volcano is different and
has its own unique history, volcanoes
are places in three main groups.

These are -
• Scornia Cone – This volcano has straight
sides with steep slopes it also has a very
large crater.
• Shield Volcano - Very Gentle Slopes
• StratoVolcano - Gentle lower slopes, but
steep upper slopes, small summit crater 

Scornia Cone Shield Volcano StratoVolcano

Volcanoes In New
Zealand
• Egmont
• Ngauruhoe
• Pukekaikoire
• Raoul Island
• Ruapehu
• Ruapehu
Crater Lake
• Tangiwai
Disaster
• Tarawera
• Tongariro
White Island /
Whakaari
• White Island is an
active andesite strato-
volcano, situated 48 km
from the east coast of
the North Island of New
Zealand, in the Bay Of
Plenty. It is one of the
four islands in the Olive
island chain. The island
is roughly circular,
about two km in
diameter, and rises to a
 Mount Ruapehu
• Mt. Ruapehu is a stratovolcano on the
North Island of New Zealand. It has
erupted about 50 times since 1861. At

crater lake. Most eruptions  

the top of the volcano there is an acidic
are pheatric ,
                                                 
involving steam explosions caused               
by
the contact of lava and water. The most
recent major phreatic eruption Phreatic was in
1975. explosion at
Ruapehu in
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you
Lily