Pouākai Range

Pouākai Range
The Pouākai Range viewed from Mount Taranaki, with the Kaitake Range in the background
Highest point
PeakPouākai
Elevation1,395 m (4,577 ft)
Coordinates39°14′17″S 174°00′51″E / 39.23806°S 174.01417°E / -39.23806; 174.01417
Geography
LocationNorth Island, New Zealand
Geology
Rock age(s)250 ka, Pleistocene
Rock typeAndesite
Volcanic beltTaranaki Volcanic Lineament
Last eruption210 ka

The Pouākai Range is an eroded and heavily vegetated stratovolcano in the North Island of New Zealand, located northwest of Mount Taranaki. It consists of the remains of a collapsed Pleistocene stratovolcano. The range is surrounded by a ring plain of lahar deposits from a massive collapse that has been dated as roughly 250,000 years old.

The region has been reshaped more recently after each cone collapse from Mount Taranaki.