Waitomokia, Auckland

Name: Waitomokia
Address: Auckland, New Zealand

#254 among attractions in Auckland

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Waitomokia is a volcano in the Auckland volcanic field. Waitomokia's 600 m wide tuff crater contained three small scoria cones up to 20 m high, one with a crater, which were quarried in the 1950s. ()

Coordinates: 36°58'37"S, 174°46'12"E

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South Auckland (Mangere)Auckland New Zealand

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Waitomokia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ihumātao, Pukeiti, Maungataketake, Māngere.

1.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Ihumātao, Auckland
28 min walk • Ihumātao is a location situated three kilometres from Auckland International Airport in Mangere, Auckland in New Zealand. A Māori village once existed there. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "cold nose" for Ihumātao. Māori first settled in the area as early as the 14th century CE.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Pukeiti, Auckland
22 min walk • Pukeiti is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The spatter cone is the smallest volcano in Auckland, reaching 30 metres above sea level, and has a shallow crater over 30 metres wide. The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Maungataketake
44 min walk • Maungataketake is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field in New Zealand. It had a 76 m high scoria cone, beside a 100 m wide crater, before they were quarried away. It was the site of a pā.
1.1 miE
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Māngere
29 min walk • Māngere or Mangere is one of the largest suburbs in Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on mainly flat land on the northeastern shore of the Manukau Harbour, to the northwest of Manukau City Centre and 15 kilometres south of the Auckland city centre.

Waitomokia, Auckland

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Waitomokia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Ihumātao, Auckland

Pukeiti, Auckland

Maungataketake

Māngere