Mount Wellington, Auckland
Mount Wellington is a peak and a suburb in
Auckland City,
New ZealandMount Wellington is a 137 metre
volcanic peak located in the
Auckland volcanic field of
Auckland,
New Zealand. It was formed by an eruption around 9,000 years ago.
The
suburb surrounding the peak is also called Mount Wellington, and is located 10 kilometres southeast of the city centre. It is surrounded by the suburbs of
Tamaki,
Panmure,
Penrose, and
Ellerslie, and by the
Tamaki River.
Named by colonists after the
Duke of Wellington, the native
Maori people called it
Maungarei and used it for centuries as a
pa or
hill fort.
Much of the old
lava flow surrounding the mountain is being quarried for industrial aggregates. The volcanic
scoria cone is of the greatest geological and archaeological interest however.
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Sylvia Park*
Auckland Regional Council: Mount WellingtonThis is where Cocacola Bottles all its Drinks in New Zealand.
