Egmont National Park, in New Zealand, is dominated by the extinct volcano of Mount Taranaki. Since the area has a high rainfall rate and mild coastal climate there is a lush rainforest covering the foothills, changing to subalpine - and alpine shrublands at high elevations, which are in stark contrast to the surrounding pasture farmlands. Taranaki has been the Maori name for the mountain for many centuries. Captain Cook called it Mount Egmont but it has been restored to the original name.
Original entry was from the NASA Earth Observatory; [1]
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