Global Volcanism Program

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Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

241823

Pleistocene

793 m / 2,602 ft

38.019°S
175.576°E

Morphology

Volcano Landform
Composite

Volcano Types
Stratovolcano

Tectonic Setting

Subduction zone
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

The Pleistocene Maungatautari stratovolcano is an andesitic-dacitic composite cone about 35 km SE of Hamilton on the North Island of New Zealand. Robertson (1983) reported a single K-Ar age of 1.8 ± 0.10 Ma, which Prentice et al. (2020) noted makes it contemporaneous with subduction-related volcanism of the nearby Alexandra Volcanics and the early Taupo Volcanic Zone.

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Briggs R M, 1983. Distribution, form, and structural control of the Alexandra Volcanic Group, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 26:1, 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1983.10421521

Pittari A, Prentice M L, McLeod O E, Zadeh E Y, Kamp P J J, Danišík M, Vincent K A, 2021. Inception of the modern North Island (New Zealand) volcanic setting: spatio-temporal patterns of volcanism between 3.0 to 0.9 Ma. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343

Prentice M L, Pittari A, Barker S L L, Moon V G, 2020. Volcanogenic processes and petrogenesis of the early Pleistocene andesitic-dacitic Maungatautari composite cone, Central Waikato, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 63:2, 210–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2019.1656259

Robertson D, 1983. Paleomagnetism and geochronology of volcanics in the northern North Island. PhD Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Maungatautari. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Maungatautari page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Maungatautari.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Maungatautari.

Photo Gallery

The western flank of the Pleistocene Maungatautari is seen here from Pirongia to the W in 2021.

Photo by Janine Krippner, 2021.

GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Maungatautari in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

External Sites

Copernicus Browser

The Copernicus Browser replaced the Sentinel Hub Playground browser in 2023, to provide access to Earth observation archives from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, the main distribution platform for data from the EU Copernicus missions.

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.

IRIS seismic stations/networks

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Maungatautari. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.

UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations

Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Maungatautari. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).