Explore our volcanoes

The Auckland Volcanic Field map

Explore Auckland’s volcanic landscape to discover vents, lava flows, cones, and eruption sites across the field.

  • 12 regions
  • 53 volcanoes
  • 5 volcanic feature types

Interactive region map

Explore the 12 regions of Auckland’s volcanic field

You can click on the map areas below (the numbers in the list below refer to the numbered geographic areas on the map) to find out more about each of the 53 volcanic vents.

Illustrated map of the Auckland Volcanic Field showing its volcanoes, lava flows and the 12 numbered regions listed beside it.
Map: Bruce W Hayward, Volcanoes of Auckland: A field guide (Auckland University Press, 2019)

Regions

Regions
  1. Region 1: Rangitoto
  2. Region 2: Motukorea / Browns Island
  3. Region 3: Takapuna area
  4. Region 4: Devonport
  5. Region 5: Central
  6. Region 6: Mt Roskill area
  7. Region 7: Panmure area
  8. Region 8: St Heliers area
  9. Region 9: East Tāmaki area
  10. Region 10: Papatoetoe area
  11. Region 11: Māngere area
  12. Region 12: Wiri area

References

References
  • Volcanic ash
  • Tuff ring
  • Scoria cone
  • Scoria cone with crater
  • Lava flow

Explore by region

Select a region to explore its volcanoes, features, and stories.

Many visitors and residents of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland have “visit every volcano” on their bucket list.

However, many are quarried or hidden away, and it takes a lot of digging to find them.

The Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountains) / volcanic cones of Tāmaki hold a paramount place in the historical, spiritual, ancestral and cultural identity of the thirteen iwi and hapū of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (the Māori tribes of Auckland). For more information on the immense cultural significance of these treasured places, please visit The Tūpuna Maunga Authority.

We are grateful to Bruce Hayward, geologist and author of Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide, who compiled the research into each of the volcanoes.

Play video: What is the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Volcanic Field?
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Downloadable checklist

Here’s a handy downloadable checklist with a list of the volcanoes. We’ve grouped the volcanic vents roughly by location and given you an address or GPS coordinate for you to put into your favourite mapping app.

You can either print this checklist out or download it to a smart device to take with you on your adventures throughout the Auckland Volcanic Field. Device users can tap on some of the quick reference icons throughout the list to find links to additional information on accessing certain volcanoes, and what to do once you are there. It also includes information on trips for pushchairs, wheelchairs, and people with limited mobility.

Resources

  • GeoTrips: a website listing geological sites of interest in Aotearoa New Zealand, including many Auckland volcanoes and their deposits.
  • Blog describing a volcano enthusiast’s journey to every volcano in Tāmaki Makaurau
  • Blog post describing a walk around all the Devonport volcanoes.