Mount Ngauruhoe

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active volcano mountain stratovolcano

Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano in New Zealand’s central North Island, famed for its dramatic conical shape and its role as Mount Doom in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred to local Māori iwi ⓘ
elevation 2287 m ⓘ
7503 ft ⓘ
eruptionStyle Strombolian ⓘ
Vulcanian ⓘ
featuredIn The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
filmRole Mount Doom ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
governingBody Department of Conservation (New Zealand) ⓘ
hasActivity fumaroles ⓘ
steam vents ⓘ
hasCrater summit crater ⓘ
hasViewOf Mount Ruapehu ⓘ
Mount Tongariro ⓘ
Tongariro National Park ⓘ
hazard ash fall ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
volcanic eruptions ⓘ
isActive true ⓘ
isClimbable true ⓘ
lastEruption 1975 ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
New Zealand volcanic zones ⓘ
surface form: Taupō Volcanic Zone

Tongariro National Park ⓘ
central North Island ⓘ
monitoringAgency GeoNet ⓘ
namedAfter Ngāuruhoe (Māori chief or ancestor) ⓘ
near Mount Ruapehu ⓘ
Mount Tongariro ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
Mount Tongariro ⓘ
surface form: Tongariro volcanic complex
popularFor hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
protectedArea Tongariro National Park ⓘ
region Manawatū-Whanganui Region ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
shape conical ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Tongariro National Park ⓘ
usedAsFilmLocationFor The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
volcanoType andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Island → hasVolcano → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ
Tongariro National Park → hasVolcano → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ
Lake Taupō → locatedNear → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ
Mount Tongariro → nearbyPeak → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ
Mount Tongariro → offersViewOf → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ
Tongariro Alpine Crossing → passesNear → Mount Ngauruhoe ⓘ