Volcano · Auckland Region

Maungarei / Mount Wellington

135 m443 ft

Prominence: 92 m302 ft
Isolation: 5.5 km
Tonight: 12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Maungarei / Mount Wellington is a 135 m (443 ft) volcano in Auckland Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 135 m · 443 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson (143 m)
Region: Auckland Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 36.8932° S, 174.8468° E

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3D map

Maungarei / Mount Wellington 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Maungarei / Mount Wellington terrain and contours

5 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the summit

Maungarei / Mount Wellington elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Maungarei / Mount Wellington weather

Today · Cloudy · 12 / 19°C (54 / 66°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Maungarei / Mount Wellington forecast for the summit, about 135 m.

Today12°19°–23 km/h NW
Sun11°20°–24 km/h W
Mon11°21°–32 km/h N
Tue12°17°7.7 mm34 km/h N
Wed11°17°–15 km/h SW
Thu12°18°2.0 mm24 km/h W
Fri13°17°–24 km/h SW
Sat13°19°–13 km/h SW
Sun11°17°0.1 mm21 km/h N
Mon16°20°7.3 mm24 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 135 m low point -4 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 47.3%Trees 24.9%Grassland 14.3%Water 12.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,800 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Myrtle Rust134
White-faced Heron69
Little Pied Cormorant66
Sacred Kingfisher63
South African Mantis57
Australasian Swamphen57

Where it sits

Where Maungarei / Mount Wellington sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Te Tātua a RiukiutaPeak · 138 m8.3 km W

Downloads

Maungarei / Mount Wellington downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMaungarei / Mount Wellington satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 132 m at the summit; the official height is 135 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	135 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	132 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	116 m	-19 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-03)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia