Mount Taranaki , besides known equally Mount Egmont , on the due west coast of New Zealand's North Island , is said to hold upwards 1 of the most symmetrical volcanic cone inwards the footing (another candidate is Mayon Volcano). The volcano was born 120 ,000 years agone in addition to erupted end inwards 1775 , precisely it’s non done yet. Volcanologists grip that Taranaki is exclusively lying dormant , waiting , biding its time.
The volcano is located at the middle of the nearly circular Egmont National Park , whose boundary appears equally a night greenish circle inwards satellite in addition to other high-altitude pictures , because of the departure inwards vegetation betwixt within in addition to exterior the park. The night shade represents native wood piece the lite greenish areas are pasture province that butts correct upwards to the park’s circular boundary. Most of New Zealand’s lowland forests accept been cleared for agriculture , leaving exclusively minor fragmented pockets of native wood filled amongst former increment trees. The circle of Egmont National Park is close xix km across.
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