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Volcano · Auckland Region

Takarunga / Mount Victoria

87 m285 ft

Prominence: 83 m272 ft
Isolation: 4.2 km
Tonight: 13°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Takarunga / Mount Victoria is an 87 m (285 ft) volcano in Auckland Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 87 m · 285 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson (143 m)
Region: Auckland Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 36.8265° S, 174.7988° E

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3D map

Takarunga / Mount Victoria 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Takarunga / Mount Victoria 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

Takarunga / Mount Victoria elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Takarunga / Mount Victoria weather

Today · Cloudy · 13 / 20°C (55 / 68°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Takarunga / Mount Victoria forecast for the summit, about 87 m.

Today13°20°–23 km/h NW
Sun12°21°–24 km/h W
Mon12°22°–32 km/h N
Tue13°18°7.7 mm34 km/h N
Wed12°18°–15 km/h SW
Thu13°19°2.0 mm24 km/h W
Fri14°18°–24 km/h SW
Sat13°20°–13 km/h SW
Sun11°18°0.1 mm21 km/h N
Mon17°21°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: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

97.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

2.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 85 m low point -4 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 65.0%Built-up 17.9%Trees 8.9%Grassland 5.3%Mangroves 1.8%Bare rock / sparse 1.2%

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; 1,141 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Silver Gull122
Kelp Gull94
Myrtle Rust86
Pōhutukawa71
Variable Oystercatcher53
Neptune's necklace53

Where it sits

Where Takarunga / Mount Victoria sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Maungakiekie / One Tree HillPeak · 213 m8.3 km S

Downloads

Takarunga / Mount Victoria downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 81 m at the summit; the official height is 87 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	87 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	81 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	77 m	-10 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, Panorama: 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