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Tongariro National Park, central North Island · New Zealand
Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu is the highest point of New Zealand's North Island and one of the most active composite volcanoes in the world, with a genuinely dual character: a real, currently-operating ski area (Whakapapa, on its northwestern slopes) sits on the flanks of a volcano whose acidic Crater Lake has produced fatal eruptions and lahars within living memory. Its three main summits are Tahurangi (2,797 m, the highest), Te Heuheu, and Paretetaitonga. The mountain is sacred to local Māori iwi, who regard it as an ancestor.
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