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Mount Taranaki

Index Mount Taranaki

Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. [1]

47 relations: Aoraki / Mount Cook, Egmont National Park, Ernst Dieffenbach, First Lord of the Admiralty, Flying fox (cablecar), Hapū, Herbfield, Hiking, Indo-Australian Plate, James Cook, John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Lahar, List of mountains of New Zealand by height, List of volcanoes in New Zealand, Magma, Manganui, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Massey University, Māori people, Mount Fuji, Mount Ruapehu, National park, National parks of New Zealand, New Plymouth, New Zealand Company, New Zealand Geographic Board, New Zealand land confiscations, North Island, Old-growth forest, Puke Ariki, Pukeiti (gardens), Pyroclastic flow, Rhododendron, Second Taranaki War, Stratford, New Zealand, Stratovolcano, Sugar Loaf Islands, Taranaki, Te Urewera, Terra Australis, The Last Samurai, Trail, Ultra-prominent peak, Volcanic cone, Volcanology of New Zealand, Waitangi Tribunal, Whanganui River.

Aoraki / Mount Cook

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand.

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Egmont National Park

Egmont National Park is located south of New Plymouth, close to the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Ernst Dieffenbach

Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (27 January 1811 – 1 October 1855), also known as Ernest Dieffenbach, was a German physician, geologist and naturalist, the first trained scientist to live and work in New Zealand, where he travelled widely under the auspices of the New Zealand Company, returning in 1841–42 and publishing in English his Travels in New Zealand in 1843.

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First Lord of the Admiralty

The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the Royal Navy who was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs and responsible for the direction and control of Admiralty Department as well as general administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, that encompassed the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and other services.

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Flying fox (cablecar)

A flying fox is a small cable car, often propelled by gravity, and used as an item of children's play equipment and more rarely for other purposes.

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Hapū

In Māoridom and New Zealand, a hapū ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society".

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Herbfield

Herbfields are plant communities dominated by herbaceous plants, especially forbs and grasses.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Indo-Australian Plate

The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Australia and surrounding ocean, and extends northwest to include the Indian subcontinent and adjacent waters.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (7 November 1728Old style date: 27 October14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

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John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont

John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont PC, FRS (25 February 1711 – 4 December 1770) was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist who served as First Lord of the Admiralty.

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Lahar

A lahar (from wlahar) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water.

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List of mountains of New Zealand by height

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height.

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List of volcanoes in New Zealand

This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in New Zealand.

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Magma

Magma (from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma) meaning "thick unguent") is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.

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Manganui

Manganui Ski Area, located in Taranaki, in New Zealand's North Island is a club skifield.

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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne

Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (22 May 1724 – 12 June 1772), with the surname sometimes spelt Dufresne, was a Breton-born French explorer who made important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand.

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Massey University

Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Раlmеrstоn Nоrth, Nеw Zеаlаnd, with significant campuses in Аlbаny and Wellington.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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Mount Fuji

, located on Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.

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Mount Ruapehu

Mount Ruapehu, also known simply as Ruapehu, is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand.

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National park

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.

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National parks of New Zealand

The national parks of New Zealand are 14 protected areas administered by the Department of Conservation.

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New Plymouth

New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Company

The New Zealand Company was a 19th-century English company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand.

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New Zealand Geographic Board

The New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (Māori: Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) is constituted under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, and was previously constituted under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946.

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New Zealand land confiscations

The New Zealand land confiscations took place during the 1860s to punish the Kingitanga movement for attempting to set up an alternative, Māori, form of government that forbade the selling of land to European settlers.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Old-growth forest

An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, or late seral forest— is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community.

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Puke Ariki

Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library at New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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Pukeiti (gardens)

Pukeiti is a garden of international significance in Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand.

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Pyroclastic flow

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that moves away from a volcano reaching speeds of up to.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

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Second Taranaki War

The Second Taranaki War is a term used by some historians for the period of hostilities between Māori and the New Zealand Government in the Taranaki district of New Zealand between 1863 and 1866.

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Stratford, New Zealand

Stratford (Whakaahurangi) is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranaki Region, in New Zealand's North Island.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.

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Sugar Loaf Islands

The Sugar Loaf Islands (often Sugarloaf Islands) (Ngā Motu, "the islands") are a collection of five small uninhabited islands and several sea stacks near Port Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand.

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Taranaki

Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island, administered by the Taranaki Regional Council.

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Te Urewera

Te Urewera is an area of mostly forested, sparsely populated rugged hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, much of it in the northern Hawke's Bay Region, and some in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region.

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Terra Australis

Terra Australis (Latin for South Land) is a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries.

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The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American period drama war film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz.

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Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.

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Volcanic cone

Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.

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Volcanology of New Zealand

Volcanology of New Zealand is the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena in New Zealand.

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Waitangi Tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

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Whanganui River

The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taranaki

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