Mount Ngauruhoe is a volcanic cone in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro stratovolcano complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island and first erupted about 2,500 years ago. Although often regarded as a separate mountain, geologically, it is a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro.
Ngauruhoe seen from Mount Tongariro
Mount Ngauruhoe in eruption, 1909
Aerial photo of Mount Ngauruhoe's crater.
Ngauruhoe seen from across Tongariro's South Crater. The usual route up the mountain is visible on the right.
Mount Tongariro is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest of Lake Taupō, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
Mount Tongariro
Emerald Lakes from the summit of Red Crater
NASA satellite image of the August 2012 eruption, from Suomi NPP