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Mayor Island

View from above of Mayor Island , New Zealand.

Mayor Island last erupted around 500–1,000 years ago. Around 6,300 years ago Mayor Island exploded violently forming two calderas. These were largely filled in by subsequent eruptions.

Acknowledgement: Lloyd Homer, GNS Science

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