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    Mount Ruapehu (Māori: [ˈɾʉaˌpɛhʉ]; colloquially /ˈruːəˌpeɪhuː/) is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island...
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    261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak (Māori: Panitahi), 1,966 metres...
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    of the Tongariro National Park, including Mount Ruapehu and the western sides of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro, as well as part of the Whanganui...
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  • Ruapehu may refer to: Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano, the highest mountain in the North Island of New Zealand Ruapehu District, the local government...
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    Tongariro National Park (category Ruapehu District)
    active volcanoes Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro. The Pihanga Scenic Reserve, containing Lake Rotopounamu, Mount Pihanga and the Kakaramea-Tihia...
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    secondary cone of Mount Tongariro. The volcano lies between the active volcanoes of Mount Tongariro to the north and Mount Ruapehu to the south, to the...
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    snowfall in the winter (there are commercial ski-fields at neighbouring Mount Ruapehu) and rain can freeze, causing verglas; in contrast in the mid to late...
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    Ohakune (redirect from Ruapehu College)
    National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu, in the North Island of New Zealand. A rural service town known as New...
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    North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, and it flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres...
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    for at least the past two million years and is still highly active. Mount Ruapehu marks its south-western end and the zone runs north-eastward through...
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    Mordor (redirect from Mount Dum)
    of The Lord of the Rings, Mount Doom was represented by two active volcanoes in New Zealand: Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruapehu, located in Tongariro National...
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    accident was caused by the failure of the tephra dam holding back nearby Mount Ruapehu's crater lake, creating a rapid mudflow (lahar) in the Whangaehu River...
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    subduction-driven volcanism in the central North Island, such as at Mount Ruapehu and Lake Taupō. The field ranges from Lake Pupuke and Rangitoto Island...
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    of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies. The actual setting was Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand. Tolkien 1955, book 5, ch. 9 "The Last Debate" Tolkien...
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    results. Several mountains in the world – including Mount Rainier in the United States, Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, and Merapi and Galunggung in Indonesia...
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    volcanic area includes the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu in the south, and extends beyond Rotorua in the north...
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  • skifield) Mount Cheeseman (club skifield) Mount Olympus (club skifield) Fox Peak (club skifield) Hanmer Springs Ski Area (club skifield) Mount Dobson Mount Hutt...
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    of Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. It is one of three skifields on the mountain, the others being Turoa, which is on Ruapehu's south-western...
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    and as the glacial ice receded, it left behind massive lava cliffs. Mount Ruapehu, the tallest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand, is a massive...
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    forest parks of New Zealand Auckland Volcanic Field Mount Ruapehu Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga) Mount Tarawera Whakaari / White Island North Island Volcanic...
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    Rangipo Desert (category Ruapehu District)
    Ruapehu District on the North Island Volcanic Plateau; to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu,...
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    from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through...
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  • drive unit (first diesel, then electric) sitting on rollers within a frame mounted to a dynamic cable counterweight, presumably to take up the slack from...
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    below) define no parent for island and landmass highpoints; others treat Mount Everest as the parent of every such peak with the world ocean as the "key...
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    short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata rhyocobia) in Rangataua Forest, Mount Ruapehu, Central North Island, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology...
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    invasive weed in some areas, notably the Tongariro National Park and Mount Ruapehu in the North Island, as well as the Wilderness Reserve (Te Anau) in...
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    Zone, which stretches from Whakaari / White Island in the north to Mount Ruapehu in the south. It is 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the town of Taupō, next...
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  • Huaynaputina". volcanocafe.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018. "A Look Inside Mount Merapi". Live Science. 8 November 2010. "Taal Volcano". Volcano Live. John...
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    Mount Ruapehu, within the boundaries of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's oldest national park. It is also close to the volcanic peaks of Mount Tongariro...
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    (264 mi) through the North Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō,...
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