the last volcano erupted in auckland around 550 years ago.
the last volcano erupted in auckland around 550 years ago.
when did the last volcano erupt in auckland?
around 550 years ago
in 2013, scientists from auckland university said new studies showed rangitoto had been much more active in the past than previously thought, suggesting it had been active on and off for around 1000 years before the final eruptions around 550 years ago (bp= before 1950). in february 2014 a deep hole was drilled through the western flank of rangitoto. the same group of university scientists declared that it revealed a long history of spasmodic eruptions going back at least 6000 years, although the bulk of activity post-dated 650 years. civil defence officials said the discovery did not make living in auckland any more dangerous, but did change their view of how an eruption might proceed. these headline-grabbing results have been controversial and not accepted by all geologists. in 2018, most of the original group of auckland university geologists reported on their latest research and reinterpretation of the drillhole sequence and pronounced that the island did not erupt off and on prior to its major eruption about 600 years ago and is not a unique polygenetic volcano in the monogenetic auckland volcanic field, as they had previously inferred. while it is possible that rangitoto buried one or more smaller volcanoes, to date there is no strong evidence to support this idea.
rangitoto island
the story tells of two canadian brothers, summy skim and ben raddle, unexpectedly bequeathed a mining claim in the klondike. they encounter many things such as disaster, disease, extreme weather. on the way back to montreal from where the two cousins came, ben raddle and summy skim were trapped in a large flood that flooded the entire klondike. ben has a disease and a broken leg, that is where he is taken to the hospital to be seen by the trustful dr. pilcox. summy skim and their guide (bill steel) bring the unfortunate man to the hospital, where he is healed a few months later. on the way out to a hunt, summy skim, bill steel and the trusted indian neluto, discover a man torn apart, lying under a tree. they come to the rescue, and bring this man back to the hospital where he dies a few days later. before this man died, he told ben raddle and summy skim of a volcano of pure gold named "golden mount". it is then, that the cousins and their guides get a caravan together to return to the golden mount. while on a hunt, summy skim and neluto discover the two villains with their caravan wanting to take over the volcano. summy skim and neluto return to camp where they tell the others, and a plan is sorted out. ben raddle plans out that he can force the volcano erupt by emptying the river into a hole dug into the volcano. the plan succeeds the day that the villains make their way to the top of the mountain, and they are immediately forced down by the eruption. summy skim shoots the texans, hunter and malon, the leader of the villains. the volcano erupted into the sea, making summy skim and ben raddle leave with less money than they came with.
the golden volcano