Banks Peninsula Volcano
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The Banks Peninsula Volcano is an extinct volcanic complex to the east of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. While the volcano is highly eroded it still forms the majority of Banks Peninsula
Banks Peninsula with Akaroa Harbour (West, Lower) and Lyttelton Harbour (East, Upper)
A sample of rhyolite from the Allandale Rhyolite, Lyttelton, New Zealand
The Monument on Banks Peninsula near Diamond Harbour, with some fresh rockfall from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Lyttelton, New Zealand
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Lyttelton is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is separated from Christchurch by the Port Hills, an er
Banks Peninsula Volcano
…still forms the majority of Banks Peninsula with a highest point of 919 m (3,015 ft). It is a composite of two main eruptive centres one originating at Lyttelton Harbour, the other at Akaroa Harbour. The eruptions were predominantly basaltic, with associated andesite and trachytes, with minor rhyolite. The volcanic…
Lyttelton inner harbour and township in February 2010
The historic telegraph office near the Port of Lyttelton
The Governor-General, Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, and Lady Bledisloe visit Lyttelton, 24 November 1930
Lyttelton fire