Ash Hill (Auckland)

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Ash Hill
probably one of the last visible remains of Ash Hill, viewed from Ash Road.

probably one of the last visible remains of Ash Hill, viewed from Ash Road.

height 30  m
location Auckland ( New Zealand )
Dominance 8 km →  surrounding area
Coordinates 37 ° 0 '10 "  S , 174 ° 52' 3"  O Coordinates: 37 ° 0 '10 "  S , 174 ° 52' 3"  O
Ash Hill (Auckland) (New Zealand)
Ash Hill (Auckland)
Type Tuff cone
rock tuff
particularities meanwhile largely worn away

The Ash Hill or Ash Hill Crater is one of the volcanoes of the Auckland Volcanic Field . The low tuff cone with a 150 m wide explosion crater is now built over by industry and most of it has been removed.

The once about 30 m high peak towered over the surrounding area by only about 8 meters.

Ash Hill was named by Earnest J. Searle after the nearby Ash Road . This in turn is named after ash , not after volcanic ash. Dating to the radiocarbon method given his age at 31,800 +/- 159 years, which is a similar age as the nearby Matukutururu .

  • Part of Ash Hill, view from Oak Road.

  • View over Ash Hill.

  • Part of Ash Hill before the obscuring buildings were demolished.

See also

literature

  • Ernest J. Searle, revised. by RD Mayhill, Paul Longman: City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland 1981. First edition 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Hayward : Ash Hill Volcano, Wiri . In: Geocene - Auckland GeoClub Magazine . No.  3 , March 2008, p. 8–9 (English, online [PDF; 1.1 MB ; accessed on February 7, 2016]).