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Mount Ruapehu
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Mt. Ruapehu is the largest composite stratovolcano in North Island, New Zealand. Currently at Alert level 3, the volcano is active, mainly small strombolian steam eruptions through the crater lake. In the past 50 years the main eruptive styles of the volcano have been Strombolian - spasmodic gas an ....
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.... is the largest volcano of New Zealand (about 2800m) and is situated within the Tongariro National Park.
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Mt. Ruapehu is a composite andesite stratovolcano and is one of only 20-30 active volcanos world wide that are topped by a crater lake. The crater lake has an area of 0.16km2 and its depth exceeds 180m (Hackett and Houghton, 1989), its depth has varied from 70-300m in recent years. The water in the lake is highly acidic, up to 60 C warm and the colour and temperature fluctuat.... |
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