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Ngā Kapua Kohuora (Crater Hill)

Looking down on Ngā Kaoua Kohora (Crater Hill), New Zealand.

A scoria mound volcano within a circular explosion crater and surrounding tuff ring formed around 30,000 years ago. Formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption where the lava interacts with water when it erupts. Similar eruption to the formation of Lake Pupuke.

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