Posted on 07/15/2009 3:23:52 AM PDT by Zakeet
> Is it Mt Egmont that is the old volcano in Auckiand ???
Mt Egmont/Taranaki is in Taranaki, near New Plymouth. Not far away is Mt Ruapehu. It is quite active.
White island is also active, off the coast of Whakatane.
Mt Eden is the main crater in Auckland, near Eden Park. There’s something like 22 significant craters in the Auckland region — they’re always discovering new ones.
The big volcanic island off Auckland is Rangitoto.
> Then theres the volcano in Banks Penisular between Lyttleton and Akaroa...
The whole area between Akaroa and Banks Peninsula is volcanic (and quite old). I don’t know the name of any specific one.
Aoraki/Mt Cook is south of there.
I think you need media player......
Thankyou, Fatima — I think my family and I will be fine. I’m in the North Island on top of a mountain. It’s kind of you to think of us: thanks!
So you've lived there! Cool! A very beautiful country!
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I probably remember My Egmont because that was the name of my favorite fire cracker...
LOL
Top of a mountain works :)(((((Hugs)))))
OK
NZ is a condensed US
My sister’s family go skiing at Mt Cook
Mt Cook is magnificent. Very dangerous to climb, tho’ — people die every year doing it.
Mt Ruapehu was used for “Lord of the Rings”, and Mr Egmont/Taranaki was that perfect cone-shaped mountain in “The Last Samurai”
What part of Canada are you from ???
Born and raised in Vancouver.
First thing, I wondered how my fellow FReeper (and family) were doing
That must be beautiful there...
Closest I ever got to there was Portland, Oregon..
I’ve been to Ontario a couple of times though...
That should be easy to remember.
Am trying to get a handle on the geography, but it looks like the warning has been cancelled. My son is a student and lives on the Gold Coast, but happens to be travelling this week, north in Cairns.
Anybody been watching all of the marine life washing up dead? Drudge had a headline on one and I slightly researched and it looked common over the past few years. Does this have anything to do with pending earthquakes (even in far places)? Just curious...
Cairns is getting up the east coast of Australia. Beautiful part of the world, quite warm most of the year.
This earthquake happened quite a far way south and to the east of that, right across the Tasman Sea. I’m not saying that a tsunami couldn’t get there, but if it did it would have to be quite a big one.
I think your son will probably be OK — but I’ll remember him in my prayers tonite anyway.
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