!!! Taranaki- The isolated volcanoe of New Zealand Mount Taranaki (2518 m) or Mount Egmont [{GoogleMap location='Mount Egmont, NZ' zoom='9'}]on the Northern Island of New Zealand has the shape of a perfect volcanoe. It is part of a nature reserve and not very hard to climb: Just the last 100 m or so are a bit technical, but hooks and ropes attached to them help. For the legend why Mount Taranaki is isolated see the story of [The Fleeing volcanoe|Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Special_Information/The_fleeing_volcanoe]. [{SlideShowIndex [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/Mount_Taranaki] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/Beginning_of_the_trail] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/Tanurangi_Lodge] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/The_crater_covered_by_snow] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/View_of_the_peak] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/Final_Rest] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/On_top_of_the_mountain] [Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Mount_Taranaki/View_from_the_towards_South_Island] }] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Mount Taranaki, Mount Egmont ' Kontrolle='Nein'}]