Photo Information

View of landslide hummmocks, Mount Taranaki (or Mount Egmont), New Zealand
Photograph by C.D. Miller in 1986

Thousands of hummocks from several landslide deposits extend in nearly all directions from the base of Mount Taranaki (or Mount Egmont), New Zealand. This view is toward the SW.

 

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Last modification: 14 December 1999 (SRB)