New Zealand's stunning landscape was formed by geological processes over tens of millions of years — and that same geology is what makes the North Island a centre of volcanic activity.
The geological processes that created New Zealand's stunning mountain landscape and rugged terrain are also responsible for the country's volcanic activity.
Monday's deadly eruption on White Island, off the east coast of the North Island, is one event in a geological process that has been happening for over tens of millions of years.The North Island's Taupo Volcanic Zone is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world"These geological forces have created New Zealand's natural beauty, but they can also destroy," said volcanologist Jan Lindsay from the University of Auckland.
"The Taupo Volcanic Zone is known as one of the most active volcanic regions in the world," Dr Lindsay said.The volcano on White Island/Whakaari is an example of a stratovolcano or cone volcano, which Dr Lindsay says is one of the three types of volcanoes in New Zealand. Stratovolcanoes have the typical conical shape we associate with volcanoes, like Mount Fuji in Japan.
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