Volcanoes in New Zealand

Volcanoes in New Zealand

News: Recently, new research detected pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes, majorly from New Zealand.

Whakaari:
• Whakaari/White Island is in the Bay of Plenty, 43 miles west of Cape Runaway, eastern North Island, New Zealand is an active volcano.
• The island was sighted and named by Capt. James Cook in 1769. It has numerous hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles, its last eruption, which took place in December 2019.

Ruapehu:
• Mount Ruapehu is 2800m stratovolcano in New Zealand's central North Island.
• It is also capped by a hydrothermal system and a warm crater lake.
• The volcano is forested below its line of permanent snow cover. Above the line, glaciers flow from the peak. Within the crater lies a lake, which is drained by the Whangaehu River.