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Whakaari / White Island ( [faˈkaːɾi], Māori: Te Puia Whakaari, lit. "the dramatic volcano" [1] ), also known as White Island or Whakaari, is an active andesite stratovolcano situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The island covers an area of approximately 325 ha (800 acres), [2 ...
On 9 December 2019, Whakaari / White Island, an active stratovolcano island in New Zealand's northeastern Bay of Plenty region, explosively erupted. [3] The island was a popular tourist destination, known for its volcanic activity, and 47 people were on the island at the time. Twenty-two people died, either in the explosion or from injuries ...
Sep 8, 2020 · This eruption took place on Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand, on 27 April 2016, more than three years before the catastrophe in December last year that claimed the lives of 21 people (17 of them Australians) and injured 26 others. Geologists from GNS Science, NZ’s leading provider of geoscientific research, reconstructed the pulses of the ...
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May 25, 2024 · Whakaari/White Island is situated in the Bay of Plenty, about 30 miles (48 km) off the northeastern coast of North Island.Some 70 percent of the island is underwater. It has numerous hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles and is part of the Ring of Fire, a seismically active belt of volcanoes and tectonic plate boundaries that roughly surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 14, 2023 · Survivors of one of New Zealand’s worst natural disasters have described the searing pain of being lashed by burning sand, ash and rocks during a volcanic eruption on Whakaari or White Island in ...
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Oct 31, 2023 · The White Island volcano eruption in 2019 left 22 people dead. A New Zealand company has been found guilty of not "minimising risk" to 22 people who died in the 2019 White Island volcano disaster.
Apr 13, 2024 · Whakaari/White Island, island in the Bay of Plenty, 43 miles (69 km) west of Cape Runaway, eastern North Island, New Zealand. An active volcano, it is the top of a submarine vent at the northern end of the Taupō-Rotorua Volcanic Zone. With a total land area of about 1,000 acres (400 hectares), it rises to 1,053 feet (321 metres) at Mount Gisborne.
