Toward dusk on our second day at sea, we were approaching and rounding Cape Egmont – home to Mount Egmont or Mount Taranaki. Mt Taranaki is a perfectly cone shaped volcano no matter which angle you view it from.
Unfortunately, viewing conditions were not the best with clouds and rain in the forecast. Anyway, here are the shots as best as I could manage them.
The volcano is 8261 feet high and boasts a ski field in the winter. By geologic standards, it is a young volcano at 135,000 years. The last major eruptions were in 1655 and in the 1860’s.
It has been the backdrop for a number of movies including The Last Samurai and parts of Lord of the Rings.
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