However, Ngauruhoe's busy volcanic history means that any seismic unrest needs to be closely watched. Between 1950-1977, the volcano produced 15 different eruptions between VEI 1-3 (small to ...

New Zealand has volcanoes aplenty, ... They also attract tourists and filmmakers such as Peter Jackson, who used Mount Ngauruhoe as a stand-in for Mount Doom in his three Lord of the Rings movies.

The volcano, Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, is the largest active volcano in New Zealand. It hasn't erupted since 2007 but it now seems increasingly possible it will blow.

Hierapolis-Pamukkale in Türkiye and Ibiza, Spain, are two unmissable mixed UNESCO World Heritage sites that blend culture and nature.

As volcanoes go, the scenery here is equal to the bucket list ... Ruapehu takes visitors on a difficult yet short hike across ...

What’s worse: Lava or ash? And what are these rocks plummeting from the sky? Volcanologist Dr. Janine Krippner shared her tips for how to escape an erupting volcano.

Mount Ngauruhoe Currently dormant, this volcano is one of the country’s most active and has erupted 61 times from 1839 to 1974. Hikers needn’t fear a mid-hike explosion as the volcano is ...

On the southwestern slope of Ruapehu, ancient woodlands of a different sort survive by a quirk of geography. The great bulk of Ruapehu sheltered this forest from the massive Taupo volcano blast of ...

The active volcano threatening to devasate a country when it next erupts Mount Tarawera sits on New Zealand's north island and still bears the scars of an explosive eruption which happened almost ...

Thousands of tourists/LOTR fans visit Tongariro—which is a UNESCO World Heritage sites—each year to pass by Mount Ruapehu and the park's two other active volcanoes, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.