This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees. The volcano was recently granted the same legal rights as a person.

Over the last 5000 years, Mount Taranaki volcano, located in the westernmost part of New Zealand's North Island, produced at least 16 Plinian-scale explosive eruptions, the latest at AD 1655.

This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees. The volcano was recently granted the same legal rights as a person.

Taranaki is an active volcano, with small eruptions happening every century or so, and major eruptions roughly every 500 years. That’s not a schedule the volcano follows religiously, but on ...

The iconic Mount Taranaki volcano in New Zealand’s North Island is so striking, that it once doubled as Mount Doom in the "Lord of the Rings" and Mt Fuji in "The Last Samurai".

Mt Taranaki could erupt with scant warning, scientists have found, ... “Although Taranaki volcano has not erupted since about 1800 AD, it has ...

Over the last 5000 years, Mount Taranaki volcano, located in the westernmost part of New Zealand's North Island, produced at least 16 Plinian-scale explosive eruptions, the latest at AD 1655.

New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island now enjoys the same rights as a human being.

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, ... snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North Island at 8,261 feet and a popular spot for tourism, ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, ... The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second ...

Mount Taranaki—AKA Taranaki Maunga—Is Legally A Person, Say New Zealand Lawmakers . Given Mount Taranaki's troubled past as both a meaningful landmark to its indigenous people and something of ...