White Island tour approaching the crater

            Whakaari/White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km 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. The nearest mainland towns are Whakatane and Tauranga.
The island is roughly circular, about 2 km in diameter, and rises to a height of 321 m above sea level. However this is only the peak of a much larger submarine mountain, which rises up to 1,600 m above the nearby seafloor, making this volcanic structure the largest in New Zealand.
Sulphur mining was attempted but was abandoned in 1914 after a lahar killed all 10 workers. The main activities on the island now are guided tours and scientific research.
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Bay of Plenty / Te Kaha (show map)

Taken on: February 9, 2013

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New Zealand

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White Island

Sets appears in: • New Zealand landscapes • 2013-2 NZ White Island and East Cape

Camera: Olympus XZ-1, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec, 6mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
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