Is Mt Eden the volcano in Mt Eden Domian in Auckland?

Question

that might seem like a weird question, but i saw on TV this really cool volcanic crater in Auckland, and when i looked into it it seems to be Mt Eden. And i looked at a map i can see a park called Mt Eden Domain. Is that the volcano?

Answer 1

Yes. Mt. Eden Domain is part of the City of Auckland, and it contains the volcanic area:

"Maungawhau (Mount Eden Domain) is a Crown reserve administered by the Auckland City Council since the creation of the new boundaries of Auckland city in 1989 (New Zealand Gazette 1989, page 2247).

This reserve is located on the border between the Auckland suburbs of Mount Eden and Epsom, with road access from Mount Eden Road and Clive Road."

"Maungawhau Mt Eden is one of the larger scoria cones in the young Auckland basalt volcanic field, which underlies most of Auckland City, and gives the city much of its distinctive character. The Auckland Volcanic Field has erupted from approximately fifty different centres at various times over the last 250,000 years. The youngest eruptions formed Rangitoto Island just over 600 years ago. Each centre has only erupted once, spanning only a matter of days to no more than a few years, before the supply of magma ceased and the magma in the conduit below cooled and blocked it forever. Each new centre has erupted in a fresh place. Many of the volcanic centres in the Auckland field erupted in a cluster around 30,000 to 10,000 years ago. Maungawhau is one of the younger in this cluster, with an estimated age of about 15,000 years."