mount taranaki

                                  Mount taranaki

when did it erupted:
1854 was the last time it erupted.

where did it erupted:
in taranaki.

what type of erupted:

Stratovolcano

periodic, explosive eruptions. The lava that flows from them is highly viscous, and cools and hardens before spreading very far.


The 2518 m tall cone volcano last erupted about 150 years ago at the culmination of several eruptions in the preceding few hundred years. The western 1500 km2 of the Taranaki region is a volcanic landscape that has been constructed from the products of volcanic eruptions principally derived from the volcano.how did it erupted:

the result of the eruption:
Mt Taranaki last erupted with a medium-sized ash eruption around 1755AD, although smaller volcanic events - including the formation of a lava dome in the crater and its later collapse - occurred over the 1800s.