McLennan Hills
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McLennan Hills (also Te Aponga o Tainui) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. It was a group of cratered scoria mounds up to 45 m high, before it was quarried away. A 1940 aerial photo (in Searle's book) shows a crater around 100 m wide, one around 50 m wide, and 2 or 3 smaller craters. McLennan Hills, alongside neighbouring Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond, were the sites of fortified pā in pre-European times, important due to their location between the Waitematā Harbour/Tamaki River and the Manukau Harbour.[1] Since the European settlement of Auckland, the scoria cone was quarried.[1] The former quarry site was used for greenhouses before being redeveloped for housing.
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- City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
- Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
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- View south from Mt Wellington in 1920, showing McLennan Hills in distance.
- 1940s aerial photo of Mclennan Hills.
- Painting of McLennan Hills from the tuff ring crest of Mt Richmond in 1861.
Coordinates: 36°55′45″S 174°50′47″E / 36.929208°S 174.846468°E
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