Spectacular view of the White Island’s volcano
Volcano: | White Island (see White Island at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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Type: | Volcanic Plume |
Description: | is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years. |
Point of contact for this site:
Bruce Christenson, b.christenson@gns.cri.nz (GNS Science)
Wardell L.J. , P.R. Kyle, N. Dunbar, B. Christenson, 2001,White Island volcano, New Zealand: carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emission rates and melt inclusion studies , Chemical Geology, vol.177, pp. 187-200