Volcano profile

New Zealand

Tongariro.

Volcano profile for Tongariro in New Zealand, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,978 m
Last documented eruption
2012
Coordinates
-39.157°, 175.632°
GVP number
241080

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No current eruption report

New Zealand

Tongariro

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,978 m
Last documented eruption
2012
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-39.157°, 175.632°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Taupo Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
241080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Live cameras

Tongariro · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Tongariro – Visual webcam: Tongariro Te Maari Crater, New Zealand Visual webcam

Tongariro Te Maari Crater

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Profile

Tongariro · New Zealand

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
21 Nov 201221 Nov 20122Confirmed eruption
6 Aug 20127 Aug 20122Confirmed eruption
4 Jul 19774 Jul 19771Confirmed eruption
23 Aug 197628 Aug 19761Confirmed eruption
12 Feb 197523 Feb 19753Confirmed eruption
22 Nov 197219 Aug 19743Confirmed eruption
19 Mar 19726 Jun 19722Confirmed eruption
21 Jan 1969Not available2Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Tongariro · No current eruption report · 1,978 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Taupo AirportNew Zealand · TUO · NZAP
    60.7 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC