Mount Smart
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Rarotonga Bush Reserve covers the remnants of Mt Smart's lower slopes.
Mount Smart is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. Quarrying removed almost all of the scoria cone, which was 87 m high (around 57 m higher than the surrounding land). It was the site of a pā and was known as Rarotonga. The former quarry is now the site of Mount Smart Stadium.
References
- City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
Coordinates: 36°55′6″S 174°48′45″E / 36.91833°S 174.81250°E
External links
- Early view of unquarried Mt Smart / Rarotonga Pa, showing Maori terracing (page 11, at top)
- View of Mount Smart in 1910
- View from Mount Smart summit in 1923
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