Pukeiti is one of the volcanoes in the

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. The

spatter cone Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano, volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone (geometry), cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depen ...

is the smallest volcano in

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, reaching above sea level, and has a shallow crater over wide. The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side. Extensive

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poured out from this vent to form a lava flow field to the north and east. It is now part of the Otuataua Stonefields reserve. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of " cabbage tree hill" for ''Pukeitī''.

References

*''City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland'' - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. . *''Volcanoes of Auckland: The Essential Guide''. Hayward, B.W., Murdoch, G., Maitland, G.; Auckland University Press, 2011. *''Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide''. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. .

External links

Pukeiti information including 1899 photo of Pukeiti (on page 24).
Auckland volcanic field Puk Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Area {{Auckland-geo-stub