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    • Looking down on Ngā Kaoua Kohora (Crater Hill), New Zealand.
    Rights: Google Earth Published 12 July 2017 Size: 280 KB Referencing Hub media

    A scoria cone volcano formed around 30,000 years ago. Formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption where the lava interacts with water when it erupts. Similar eruption to the formation of Lake Pupuke.

    Acknowledgement: Google Earth

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