Otara Hill

Otara Hill

Otara Hill (also Te Puke o Tara or Smales Mount) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. Its scoria cone reached 89 m above sea level (around 59 m higher than the surrounding land) before it was quarried away. The hill was the site of a pā. Nearby Green Hill and Otara Hill were together referred to as Bessy Bell and Mary Gray after an old Scottish ballad.

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.

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Coordinates: 36°56′50″S 174°53′54″E / 36.947105°S 174.898363°E / -36.947105; 174.898363


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