Te Hopua
Postcard from around 1910 showing view of Hopua crater when it was a tidal lagoon.
Te Hopua a Rangi is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field in Auckland, New Zealand, and is located in Onehunga. Its 300 m wide, sediment-filled explosion (maar) crater was used as a boat harbour in early European times and known as Geddes Basin. It was reclaimed in the 1930s and made a sports ground, named Gloucester Park in 1935 after the visit to New Zealand by the Duke of Gloucester in that year. Later the South-western motorway was built right through the middle of the park and crater.
References
- 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: The Essential Guide. Hayward, B.W., Murdoch, G., Maitland, G.; Auckland University Press, 2011.
External links
- 1919 view of Hopua crater, which was also known as Onehunga Basin or Geddes Basin
- Photographs of Te Hopua held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
Coordinates: 36°55′46″S 174°47′05″E / 36.9295°S 174.784734°E
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