Tongariro, New Zealand

Stratovolcano · 1,978 m (6,490 ft)

Tongariro is a stratovolcano in New Zealand, 1,978 m (6,490 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tongariro on the map

Tongariro and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
Country: New Zealand
Summit: 39.157° S, 175.632° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 241080

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Tongariro Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.