Purchas Hill
Remnant of Purchas Hill with Mount Wellington in the background.
The Purchas Hill ( Māori : Te Tauoma ) is one of the volcanoes of the Auckland Volcanic Field and is located north of Mount Wellington . The cinder cone with double crater was about 50 m high before it fell victim to the quarry, apart from a few remains.
The cinder cone was in the middle of a large tuff ring . It erupted 10,000 years ago just outside its larger neighbor, Mt Wellington. Hochstetter named him after the Reverend Arthur Guyon Purchas (1821-1906) out of gratitude for his help with his geological work.
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 .
- BW Hayward, G. Murdoch, G. Maitland: Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential Guide. Auckland University Press 2011, ISBN 9781869404796 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ I. Lawlor (2009). Endnotes (PDF; 652 kB), An assessment of heritage resources located within the proposed Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve Visitor Center development 'footprint', and measures to avoid, remedy and mitigate effects , Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve Heritage Assessment Report.
Coordinates: 36 ° 53 ′ S , 174 ° 51 ′ E