Questions about volcanoes of Australia


  1. Is the volcano in Egmont, NZ active?

  2. Do you have some more information about the increasing activity at Mt.Ruapehu?

  3. Do you have a list of extinct volcanoes in Australia?

  4. When was the last known recorded eruption in New Zealand?

  5. What would happen if Rangitoto (Auckland New Zealand) erupted with a VEI of 4?

  6. If Rangitoto Island (New Zealand) were to erupt what damage would it cause to the city of Auckland?

  7. Is the recent activity on Mt. Ruapehu on the North Island of NZ related to the earthquake near Wellington last week?

  8. What caused the possible eruption in Mount Ruapehu?

  9. IF RANGITOTO IN N.Z. WERE TO ERUPT WHAT AREA WOULD IT BE NECESSARY TO EVACUATE?

  10. Volcano ready to erupt somewhere north of the island of Saipan?

  11. Is there any reported damaged associated with the September 1995 eruptions? (Ruapehu, New Zealand)

  12. I was in Australia a couple of years ago and was very surprised to find a chain of relatively recent cinder cones

  13. Has there ever been any volcano activity in Australia?

  14. How to connect up to the NZ Civil defense authorities.

  15. When will the Metis Shoal in the Tongan Islands be cool enough to walk on?

  16. Is the Ruapehu eruption comparable to Mt.St.Helens?

  17. How many volcanoes are in the Australian area?

  18. Does New Zealand seek international assistance in their monitoring of Mt.Ruapehu?

  19. I live in Auckland New Zealand we have here a large number of small extinct volanic cones <400 metres>. Why are they so small?

  20. What is the composition of the lava flows of the Taupo region?

  21. Why did Krakatau erupt and what makes it the biggest eruption in recent history?

  22. Is there a volcano in Samoa islands?

  23. How high is the silica content of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand? How high is the crater?

  24. Do you realize that New Zealand is not part of Australia but is part of Australasia?

  25. Does New Zealand have a lot of volcanoes?

  26. Please tell me about the 1886 Mt. Tarawera eruption and its' effects on the surrounding area i.e. pink and white terraces.

  27. What is the composition of the lava flows of the Taupo region and what are the types of rock present?

  28. The next area for an eruption was in the Bass Strait area.

  29. Please can you tell me if the region NNE of New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands is considered to be in the Pacific's "ring of fire"?

  30. Do you know how many volcanos there are in Victoria?

  31. have you ever heard of a volcano called "Yasour" on Vanuatu?????

  32. Since the last eruptions were probably less than 4000 yrs ago, I think it may be quite probable. What do you know of this possibility?

  33. Since the last eruption of Montserrat, how close have volcanologists been able to get to the vent?

  34. How many extinct or active volcanoes are there in Australia?

  35. I am doing a newspaper article on valcanoes in Oceania

  36. how many Valcanoes are there in Oeania

  37. Why aren't there any active volcanoes in Australia?

  38. which two islands are australias active volcanoes on, and what are they called?

  39. can ypu tell me what is a five bigest volcanoes in indonesia

  40. Why are there so many volcanoes and earthquakes in New Zealand and Indonesia and none in Australia?

  41. I need any information you may have on the volcano Raung in Java

  42. How deep is it below the earth surface to Molten rock? Are there any active volcanoes in Australia ?

  43. How many extinct volcanoes are there in Australia?

  44. Is Mount Warning, Australia, dormant or extinct?

  45. Are there active volcanoes in Australia?

  46. What type of volcano is White Island, New Zealand?

  47. Where is White Island located?

  48. What type of volcano is Krakatau?

  49. It seems that there is a lot of evidence of volcanic "activity" in Australia. Why do some only result in intrusions but no actual volcanic cones or eruptions? If we are in the mi ddle of a plate where did all this magma come from? Central Australia has a weird combination of volcanic intrusions (no volcanoes), metamorphic rock and sedimentry rock how come?

  50. What was the largest volcanic eruption in New Zealand?

  51. Is Wellington Harbor in New Zealand really the sunken crater of a volcano?

  52. Is it true that mount Taupo is going to erupt and cause another ice age within the next few years?

  53. Do you think there will be another disaster volcano explosion at Krakatau?

  54. What happened at Ruapehu in 1945?

  55. If Rangitoto were to erupt, what sort of eruption would it be?

  56. What would the environmental affects be if Rangitoto was to erupt?

  57. Where are lava flows, cones, craters and other volcanic features in Australia?

  58. How was Rangitoto formed?


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