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Mount Horrible

View using Google Earth of landscape showing Mt Horrible, Timaru

Mt Horrible is the high point on this landscape – it is the the projecting corner at the edge of the bluff. The basalt from this ancient volcano forms the landscape and harbour of Timaru. It is also the source of the local bluestone. Mt Horrible last erupted around 2 million years ago.

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Published: 13 July 2017,Updated: 25 July 2018Size: 578.8 KB