Tarahi (volcano)

Tarahi is a 388 m (1,273 ft) high andesite volcano, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. Northwest of Tarahi is a smaller, 350 m (1,150 ft) basaltic scoria cone, Haruru , before the higher cone of Te Ahuahu. To its immediate east is Putahi and the location of a famous battle of the Flagstaff War adjacent to Lake Ōmāpere.

Tarahi
Highest point
Elevation388 m (1,273 ft)
Coordinates35.361905°S 173.850414°E / -35.361905; 173.850414
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Type of rockAndesite

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