Cemetery Crater

Cemetery Crater is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. It is an explosion crater roughly 200 metres (660 ft) wide, located east of Crater Hill. Hard to see even in early aerial photos due to its shallowness, it is now covered by housing.[1] It was first recognised by Ernie Searle in the 1960s.[2] He named it because of its proximity to the cemetery in Puhinui Rd, but the Southwestern Motorway has now been constructed between the crater and the cemetery.

References
  1. Hayward, B.W., Kenny, J.A., and Grenfell, H.R. (2011). "More volcanoes recognised in Auckland volcanic field. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Newsletter. v. 5, p. 11-16.
  2. Searle, E. J. (1961). "Volcanoes of the Otahuhu-Manurewa district, Auckland". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. v. 4, p. 239-255.
  • City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland. Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.

  • Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.


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