Mt Eden Crater with Auckland city in the background.
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Mt Eden with Auckland city in the background. Mt Eden is a scoria volcano that has been produced by the Auckland volcanic field.

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    Auckland’s volcanoes

    The city of Auckland is built on a volcanic field. There are 50 volcanoes within an area of 1,000 square kilometres, forming the hills, lakes and basins of the city. Rangitoto Island was formed ...

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