White_Island_Volcano

White Island Volcano White Island White Island is located in the Bay of Plenty, 30 miles north of Whakatane and Opotiki. It stands 1053' above sea level and approximately 70 % of the volcano is underwater, making it the largest volcanic structure in New Zealand. White Island presently the most active volcano in New Zealand, with a history of continuous hydrothermal activity pronounced by small to medium eruptions. The period from 1976 to 1993 has been the island's most active in the last several hundred years. The exact location of white island is 37.52s and 177.18e. White island is an uninhabited composite volcano that has been active over the past several hundred years. White Island is the northernmost active volcano in the Taupo Volcanic Zone - a 250km-long zone of intense volcanism that marks the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. island, white, volcano, activity, years, eruptions, active, volcanic, hazards, during, zone, zealand, through, small, several, sea, risk, quiet, periods, out, new, location, level, last, hundred, history, enhanced, earthquake, dangerous, crater, collapse, boundary, been, avalanche, approximately