Post on 29-Mar-2016
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White Island volcano!!!!!
By APRIL ,LISSANE,Jess Jim, Jack, Finn and hunter
Contents Page• Pg. 3 Volcano info• Pg. 4 – 6 comic• Pg. 7 Volcanic Activity• Pg. 8 Town Info• Pg. 9 In The Past• Pg. 10 Facts
Volcano infoWhite island volcano is 40 years old. White island is 48km off the coast of the North island. The island is submerged.
White island marks the northern end of the volcanic zone.
70% of the cone is under sea.
The highest point is 321m, and the crater floor is less than 30m above sea level
The White Island Volcano has
been New Zealands most active
volcano in the last 40yrs. Nek
Minnit
The Island is the home to a
number of bird-species
that includes a gannet colony
Well that must give you a
Headache.
Volcanic Activity
• White Island Volcano is 48km off shore. It is one of the most active Volcanoes in NZ, it has been building up with volcanic activity for the past 150,000 years.
The first eruption of the currentepisode occurred at4:54 am on 5 August 2012
The town
• There is no town on the white island it is just a active volcano.
• There was a Sulphur mining which occurred at intervals from the 1880s until the 1930s and the remains of the factory can be seen on the island.
In The PastWhite Island has been active for at least 150,000 years.
From 1975 until 2001 therewere frequent small eruptionsmaking this the island’s mostActive period in hundreds of years. Ash and gas plumes rose as high as10km, lava bombs and blocks were Thrown into the sea and occasionally The glow of red hot rock was visibleAt night from the Bay of Plenty coast.
70% of the cone
is under the sea.
It is uninhabited about 48km awayFrom the coast of the bay of plenty.
White Island Volcano marks the northern
end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone.
White Island has been active
for at least 150,000 years.
The volcanoes highest point is 321m.
References• Google images