McLennan Hills

McLennan Hills (also Te Aponga o Tainui) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. It was a group of cratered scoria mounds up to 45 m high, before it was quarried away. A 1940 aerial photo (in Searle's book) shows a crater around 100 m wide, one around 50 m wide, and 2 or 3 smaller craters. The photo also shows terracing on the hills' slopes consistent with it being the site of a pā. The former quarry site is now used for greenhouses.

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.

External links

• View south from Mt Wellington in 1920, showing McLennan Hills in distance.
• 1940s aerial photo of Mclennan Hills.
• Painting of McLennan Hills from the tuff ring crest of Mt Richmond in 1861.

Coordinates: 36°55′45″S 174°50′47″E / 36.929208°S 174.846468°E / -36.929208; 174.846468