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  • Ruapehu is a famous volcano located on the North Island in New Zealand, standing at 2.797m high, which is the highest point on the North Island.
  • It has erupted over 50 times since 1860.
  • At the top of the mountain there is an acidic crater lake where most eruptions are phreatic, involving steam explosions caused by the contact of lava and water.
  • The most recent major phreatic eruption was in 1975.
  • It is part of Tongariro national park.
  • It is also renowned for the ski resorts that are near and on top of this mountain.
  • Mount Ruapehu was used in the Lord of the Ring movies. It was known as Mount Doom and was where the infamous ring was created. It was used for the scenes on Mt Doom because Mt Ngauruhoe (which was used for external shots) was too dangerous to film on.
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