#24. Boggust Park Crater
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 14m Volcanic history Boggust Park Crater is a park located in the suburb of Favona. A friend described this as the "easiest volcano climb...
#23. Te Pane-o-Mataaho (Māngere Mountain)
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 106m Volcanic history Te Pane-o-Mataaho is one of the largest and most well-preserved volcanic cones in the Auckland Volcanic Field, at 106 metres above...
#17. Pukewairiki (Highbrook Park)
Date visited: 15 July 2021 Elevation: 35m Volcanic history Pukewairiki erupted around 130,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. The explosion crater...
#15. Puhinui Craters (Puhinui Reserve)
Date visited: 22 June, 2021 Elevation: 24m Volcanic history The Puhinui Craters (of which there are three) are located inside the Puhinui Reserve, near Auckland Airport. The three craters of...
#12. Māngere Lagoon Explosion Crater
Date visited: 12 February 2021 Elevation: 20m The Māngere Lagoon explosion crater, also known as the Māngere Lagoon Path, is believed to have erupted around 59,500 years ago during the...
#10. Hampton Park (Church Cone)
Date visited: 2 February 2021 Elevation: 35m Volcanic history Hampton Park, a small scoria cone, is one of four volcanoes in this area that appear to have erupted in a...
#9. Mātanginui (Greenmount or Green Hill)
Date visited: 2 February 2022 Elevation: 78m Volcanic history Mātanginui (or Greenmount, or Green Hill) is a scoria cone volcano that erupted approximately 20,000 years ago. In more recent times,...
#8. Te Puke o Taramainuku (Ōtara Hill)
Date visited: 2 February 2022 Elevation: 89m (before being quarried) Volcanic history Te Puke o Taramainuku, or Ōtara Hill, was a small scoria cone volcano in the Auckland Volcanic Field...
#7. Styak’s Swamp
Date visited: 2 February 2021 Volcanic history Even if you've lived in Tāmaki Makaurau all your life, you probably haven't heard of Styak's Swamp (unless you happen to be one...
#6. Kohuora Park
Date visited: 29 January 2021 Volcanic history Kohuora Park in the suburb of Papatoetoe is a V-shaped crater about 30 meters deep and 600 meters wide. It was formed by...