Mount Titiraupenga
{{Short description|Extinct volcano in North Island of New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
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| name = Mount Titiraupenga
| photo = Titiraupenga from Pureora summit.jpg
| photo_caption = Titiraupenga from Pureora summit
| elevation_m = 1042
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| location = Waikato, New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|38.509927 |S|175.691857|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo =
| type = Stratovolcano
| age = Pleistocene
| last_eruption = 1.89 ± 0.02 Ma.
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|text=Map centered to show approximate {{legend-inline|#f4766f|basaltic andesite}} surface volcanic deposits around Mount Titiraupenga. Mount Pureora deposits are to the south west. Other surface deposits are as in fuller key while mixed erosive volcanic surface deposits are uncoloured.{{Wikipedia:Map data/Northern North Island Volcanics/key}}
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Titiraupenga (also known as Mount Titiraupenga) is an extinct {{Convert|1042|m}} high basaltic andesite stratovolcano{{cite journal|first1=Adrian |last1=Pittari |first2=Marlena L. |last2=Prentice |first3= Oliver E. |last3=McLeod |first4= Elham Yousef|last4=Zadeh |first5= Peter J. J. |last5=Kamp |first6= Martin |last6=Danišík |first7=Kirsty A. |last7=Vincent |year=2021 |title= Inception of the modern North Island (New Zealand) volcanic setting: spatio-temporal patterns of volcanism between 3.0 and 0.9 Ma |journal= New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |volume=64 |issue=2-3 |pages= 250–272 | DOI=10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343|url=https://fl-nzgs-media.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/08/Ref.6C-c_North-Island-NZ-VolcanicSettingBetween3.00.9MaPittari-et-al.-2021_.pdf }} on whose southern slopes is located the geographical centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is in the Pureora Forest Park between Lake Taupō and Te Kūiti on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand. The area of the mountain is in a scenic reserve that is "recognised as one of the finest rain forests in the world".{{Cite web |url= https://www.visitruapehu.com/see-do/walking-hiking/walks-in-pureora-forest |title=Walks in the Pureora Forest |publisher=Visit Ruapehu |access-date=23 November 2022}}
Geography
{{main|Pureora Forest Park}}
The mountain is covered in native forest and is in the southern Waikato region.
=Geology=
Mount Titiraupenga has a prominence above the surrounding countryside of about {{convert|350|m|abbr=on}} and a diameter of about {{convert|3.5|km|abbr=on}}. It is to the north east of a larger stratovolcano, Mount Pureora, and both are located to the south of the extinct Mangakino caldera on a basement of Waipapa composite terrane. The basaltic andesite lavas are made up of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, with rare olivine and hornblende phenocrysts with an age of 1.89 ± 0.02 Ma.
=Access=
The nearest main roads are State Highway 30 and State Highway 32. There is road access to a track to the summit,{{cite web|title=Map of YMCA camp Park Lee |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/contentassets/d56a80a57bb349cfac04567f6bb99e9b/map-of-ymca-camp.jpg|access-date=23 November 2022}} which also by a fair walk onwards gives access to the summit of Mount Pureora.{{cite web|title=Pureora Forest Park |url=https://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/pureora-forest-park/|work=newzealand.com|publisher=New Zealand Tourism Board|accessdate=23 November 2022}}
See also
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