There are a number of active volcanoes in New Zealand, and a watch is maintained on them. These observations are recorded on the website for gns.cri.nz, under volcanoes.
The active volcanoes in New Zealand are Ruapehu, Ngaruhoe and White Island. They are all part of the Taupo Volcanic Zone on the North Island.
The North Island.
New Zealand, as a subduction zone, has dozens of extinct volcanoes. The status of the few active or dormant ones is monitored on gns.cri.nz. Currently there are four 'frequently active' volcanoes, and a further seven 'reasonably active'. The Taupo Volcanic Zone is among the most destructive and prolific in the world.
Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe are the names of two active volcanoes on the volcanic plateau in the central North Island. White Island or Whakaari is the name of an active volcano that is an island situated off the coast of the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand.
Most volcanic activity in New Zealand occurs in the North Island, but there is also a volcano offshore in the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand's most active volcano is White Island (Whakaari) which is an island 48 km off the coast of the Bay of Plenty.
Yes! There are 81 volcanic cones in new zealand, of which 26 are active. There are no active volcanoes in the South Island but there are the volcanic harbours of Lyttleton, Akaroa and Port Chalmers. The largest volcano is Mount Ruapehu in the North Island which stands at 2797 meters.
Its New Zealand, yes we have them
There are no active volcanoes on the Australian mainland. Possibly the nearest active volcanoes to Warrnambool (on Victoria's southern coast) are Ruapehu in New Zealand and the volcano on Heard and McDonald Islands in the sourthen Indian Ocean.
Lots depends on how you define a volcano, if you include sea mounts (Volcanoes under the ocean) as well as dormant and extinct ones then the number is quite high. If your just looking at active or at least semi active volcanoes e.g erupted last 1000 years then there are about 18(including Sea mounts). In Auckland alone there are 49 volcanoes some of these are dormant (Rangitoto) while others are extinct. All up theres about 114 volcanoes in NZ however some of these are millions of years old (some older than 16 million years old)
No. There are no volcanoes in or near Sydney. There are no active volcanoes on the mainland of Australia, and the closest Australia has to an active volcano is on Heard Island, an outlying territory of Australia in the southern Indian Ocean.
For active volcanoes, we have Ngauruhoe, Tongariro, and Ruapehu in the centre of the North Island. Taranaki is dormant, not extinct. Some volcanoes in the Rotorua area have had recent eruptions. White Island and Mayor Island are either active or dormant. The Kermadec volcano/es are definitely active, as is Erebus. Otherwise there are hundreds of dormant volcanoes. The Auckland Volcanic field has produced about 50 vents in the last 250 000 years. The last of these (Rangitoto) about 600 years ago. All the South island volcanoes are extinct. See the related link below for more details on the volcanoes of New Zealand.