A roadcut along the desert road between Waiouru and Turangi exposes some of the tephra layers erupted from the Tongariro volcanic complex during its early stage of development. Ngāuruhoe is the visible cone in the background.

Photo by Jim Cole (University of Canterbury).

This image is made available under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license terms.

Galleries: Volcanic Outcrops | Stratovolcanoes

Keywords: stratovolcano | outcrop | stratigraphy | tephra

Tongariro