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Onepoto (volcanic crater)

Onepoto is the name of a volcanic explosion crater (or maar) in North Shore City, New Zealand. It is a part of the Auckland volcanic field.

Located near the approaches to the Auckland Harbour Bridge, it was created by a series of eruptions approximately 250,000 years ago. The crater first became a freshwater lake, and later became a tidal lagoon when sea level rose to the present level 7000 yrs ago after the last ice age. The crater's floor has been reclaimed, with recreational sports fields and a pond, and some parts of the tuff ring were quarried away in the 1950s to provide fill for the Northern Motorway.

Onepoto

Onepoto may refer to:

  • Onepoto, Hawke's Bay, a small settlement near Lake Waikaremoana
  • Onepoto, Wellington, a suburb of Porirua, New Zealand
  • Onepoto (volcanic crater), a feature near Northcote in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Onepoto Bridge, a bridge in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is a beach and bach community on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand