Mt Hobson (Auckland, NZ)

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Named after Captain William Hobson, this is one of Auckland's many volcanic cones.
Mount Hobson Domain includes the volcanic cone, previously used as a pā (a defended settlement) by the Māori and in later times as a quarry and pasture land. Mount Hobson / Remu-wera (143m high) is one of Auckland’s better preserved and least modified volcanic cones. Formed some 25,000 years ago, it has a horse-shoe shaped crater opening to the southwest. Terraces and pits are still evident from the Maori occupation. Like the other volcanic hills of the Auckland Isthmus, in the 20th century, water reservoirs were built on the summit and the lower southwest side a water reservoir was incorporated into Mt Hobson to supply water to the surrounding area. Still evident on the south-east side side of the mountain is the concrete base remnant of a WWII medical store for the US Navy Mobile Hospital in nearby Market Rd – a site now occupied by the Dilworth Junior School. As you walk up the path from the entrance, you will soon come to a stone seat – a memorial to Remuera boys who died in WWII. This overlooks a field of jonquils and daffodils which bloom in winter or early spring.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hobson,_Auckland
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Coordinates:   36°52'40"S   174°47'11"E

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