What the records say
- When
- 4360 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 30.21° S, 178.47° W
- Vei
- 6
- Volcano type
- Caldera
Macauley Island
Volcanic island in the Kermadec Islands
Macauley Island is a volcanic island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, approximately halfway between North Island of New Zealand and Tonga, in the south-west Pacific Ocean. It is part of a larger submarine volcano that features a 10.5-by-7-kilometre wide underwater caldera northwest of Macauley Island. Two islets, Haszard Island and Newcome Rock, lie east offshore of Macauley Island.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page