No latest activity reported for Taranaki [Egmont].

Below is a summary of eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).

The following references are the sources used for data regarding this volcano. References are linked directly to our volcano data file. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title. Additional discussion of data sources can be found under Volcano Data Criteria.

Alloway B, Neall V E, Vucetich C G, 1995. Late Quaternary (post 28,000 year B.P.) tephrostratigraphy of northeast and central Taranaki, New Zealand. {J Roy Soc New Zeal}, 25: 385-458

Carroll L D, Gamble J A, Houghton B F, Thordarson T, Higham T F G, 1997. A radiocarbon age determination for Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. {New Zeal J Geol Geophys}, 40: 559-562

Downey W S, Kellett R J, Smith I E M, Price R C, Stewart R B, 1994. New paleomagnetic evidence for the recent eruptive activity of Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand. {J Volc Geotherm Res}, 60: 15-27

IAVCEI, 1973-80. Post-Miocene Volcanoes of the World. {IAVCEI Data Sheets, Rome: Internatl Assoc Volc Chemistry Earth's Interior}.

Locke C A, Cassidy J, 1997. Egmont volcano, New Zealand: three-dimensional structure and its implications for evolution. {J Volc Geotherm Res}, 76: 149-161

Nairn I A, Cole J W, 1975. New Zealand. {Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World and Solfatara Fields}, Rome: IAVCEI, 22: 1-156

Neall V E, 1971. Volcanic domes and lineations in Egmont National Park. {New Zeal J Geol Geophys}, 14: 71-81

Neall V E, 1979. New Plymouth, Egmont North, Egmont South and Manaia. {New Zeal Dept Sci Ind Res}, 1:50,000 geol map, 3 sheets and notes

Neall V E, Alloway B V, 1986. Quaternary volcaniclastics and volcanic hazards of Taranaki (Tour Guide C3). {New Zeal Geol Surv Rec}, 12: 101

Neall V E, Alloway B V, 1991. Volcanic hazards at Egmont volcano. {New Zeal Ministry Civil Defense, Volc Hazards Inf Ser}, 1: 1-31

Neall V E, Stewart R B, Smith I E M, 1986. History and petrology of the Taranaki volcanoes. {Roy Soc New Zeal Bull}, 23: 257-263

Platz T, Cronin S J, Cashman K V, Stewart R B, Smith I E M, 2007. Transition from effusive to explosive phases in andesite eruptions - a case-study from the AD1655 eruption of Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand. {J Volc Geotherm Res}, 161: 15-34

Price R C, McCulloch M T, Smith I E M, Stewart R B, 1992. Pb-Nd-Sr isotopic compositions and trace element characteristics of young volcanic rocks from Egmont volcano and comparisons with basalts and andesites from the Taupo volcanic zone, New Zealand. {Geochim Cosmochim Acta}, 56: 941-953

Shane P, 2005. Towards a comprehensive distal andesitic tephrostratigraphic framework for New Zealand based on eruptions from Egmont volcano. {J Quat Sci}, 20: 45-57

Turner M B, Bebbington M S, Cronin S J, Stewart R B, 2009. Merging eruption datasets: building an integrated Holocene eruptive record for Mt Taranaki, New Zealand. {Bull Volc}, 71: 903-918

Turner M B, Cronin S J, Bebbington M S, Platz T, 2008a. Developing probabilistic eruption forecasts for dormant volcanoes: a case study from Mt Taranaki, New Zealand. {Bull Volc}, 70: 507-515

Turner M B, Cronin S J, Smith I E, Stewart R B, Neall V E, 2008b. Eruption episodes and magma recharge events in andesitic systems: Mt Taranaki, New Zealand. {J Volc Geotherm Res}, 177: 1063-1076

Ui T, Kawachi S, Neall V E, 1986. Fragmentation of debris avalanche material during flowage; evidence from the Pungarehu Formation, Mount Egmont, New Zealand. {J Volc Geotherm Res}, 27: 255-264

The nearly symmetrical, steep-sided cone of Taranaki (also known as Egmont), is New Zealand's largest andesitic stratovolcano. Taranaki is surrounded by a ring plain of debris-avalanche and lahar deposits that and extend to the coast. The isolated Taranaki volcanic center is located on the west coast of central North Island at the southern end of a volcanic arc extending NW along the Northland Peninsula. Taranaki is the youngest and SE-most of a group of three volcanoes beginning with the Pleistocene Kaitoke Range. Fanthams Peak breaks the symmetry of Taranaki on its south flank, and four lava domes are located on the lower north and south flanks. Multiple episodes of edifice collapse have occurred in the past 50,000 years. Explosive activity, sometimes accompanied by pyroclastic flows and lava dome growth, has occurred frequently throughout the Holocene. Taranaki's latest eruption took place in 1854 AD.