Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island)
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Mount Hobson ({{langx|mi|Hirakimatā}}) is the highest mountain on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Located in the centre of the island, it rises {{convert|627|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite web|url=http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz9423/Mount-Hobson/Auckland|title=Mount Hobson, Auckland - NZ Topo Map|publisher=Land Information New Zealand|accessdate=2017-10-17}}
Geography
Various mountain tracks allow relatively easy access to the summit, with the shortest (2 hour) track leading through the famous Windy Canyon. Great views over the island to the Coromandel Peninsula and the Poor Knights Islands are often possible from the top of the mountain.[http://www.greatbarriernz.com/activities_sightseeing.html Mount Hobson, Hirakimata] (from the Tourism New Zealand website for Great Barrier Island) The summit area is a breeding ground for the black petrel,[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/1090467 Hauraki Gulf islands: Great Barrier Island] (from 'Nic's outdoors' on TVNZ) and the track in this part is mostly composed of boardwalks and stairs to protect the breeding areas and prevent erosion. A number of rare and declining plants on the mainland are largely restricted (or completely restricted) to Great Barrier Island are found on Mount Hobson, these include, Pittosporum kirkii, Epacris sinclairii, Kunzea sinclairii, and also Olearia allomii.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-region/news/article.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10593078 |title=Great Barrier Island: Living rough off the cuff |author=Clement, Diana |date=27 August 2009 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=26 October 2011}}
Geology
Mount Hobson is the caldera of a complex rhyolite lava dome, which was active between 12 and 8 million years ago as a part of the Coromandel Volcanic Zone.{{cite book|title=Out of the Ocean, Into the Fire |last1=Hayward |first1=Bruce W. |author-link1=Bruce Hayward |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-473-39596-4 |publisher=Geoscience Society of New Zealand |pages=134–147}}
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