White Island (Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand)

Spectacular view of the White Island’s volcano

Volcano: White Island (see White Island at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab)
Type: Volcanic Plume
Description: is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years.


Point of contact for this site:
Bruce Christenson, b.christenson@gns.cri.nz (GNS Science)

Number of measurements: 31
Measurement date (d/m/y) Added by Added on
White Island_02011998a2/1/1998 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 29, 2014
White Island_02011998b2/1/1998 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 29, 2014
White Island_040320034/3/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 26, 2016
White Island_2201200422/1/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_030720033/7/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1305200313/5/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 26, 2016
White Island_3010200330/10/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_021220032/12/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2502200425/2/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_080420048/4/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_060520046/5/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1506200415/6/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_040820044/8/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1509200415/9/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2010200420/10/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_021220042/12/2004 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2801200528/1/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1503200515/3/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2604200526/4/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1406200514/6/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2107200521/7/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_021120052/11/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1601200616/1/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1402200614/2/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_050420065/4/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_1705200617/5/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2806200628/6/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_030820063/8/2006 Emanuela Bagnato Sept. 27, 2016
White Island_2711198327/11/1983 Emanuela Bagnato Jan. 4, 2017
White Island_2111198421/11/1984 Emanuela Bagnato Jan. 4, 2017
White Island_070119857/1/1985 Emanuela Bagnato Jan. 4, 2017


Bibliographic references for this site

Wardell L.J. , P.R. Kyle, N. Dunbar, B. Christenson, 2001,White Island volcano, New Zealand: carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emission rates and melt inclusion studies , Chemical Geology, vol.177, pp. 187-200


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