Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-12867

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This view from the Ngauruhoe summit to below the SW flank shows the lava flows emplaced during the 1954-55 eruption, down the Tongariro flank and around the eroded Pukekaikiore cone. They overlie older lava flows from the same vent. Photo by Janine Krippner, 2008.

This view from the Ngāuruhoe summit to below the SW flank shows the lava flows emplaced during the 1954-55 eruption, down the Tongariro flank and around the eroded Pukekaikiore cone. They overlie older lava flows from the same vent.

Photo by Janine Krippner, 2008.

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Keywords: lava flow | erosion

Tongariro

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