ÎTEW ZEiU:.AND-NOETH ISLAND. 



481 



Kaimawana, which lies near the centre of the island, attain an altitude of 5,900 

 feet. 



West of these uplands the rest of the island is occupied by volcanic masses, 

 disposed for the most part Avithout apparent order and separated from one another 



Fig. 186. — Cook Steait. 

 Scale 1 : 3,000.000. 



to 50 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



50 to 100 

 Fathoms. 



100 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



60 Miles. 



by lakes and deep valleys. Mount Ruapehu, highest in North Island, forms a 

 whole cluster of cones whose common base, resting on a plateau over 3,000 feet 

 high, has a circuit of no less than 60 miles. From the two snowy points of the 

 loftiest pyramid, nearly 9,000 feet high, the eye sweeps over a vast horizon 



