Tangaroa volcano approached from the south. The fly-through continues, circling east, north, west and southwest, where the flight path zooms in on the summit - and back out again. Depths range from 685 to 2600 meters (2250 - 8525 feet). Bathymetry data courtesy of New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and is vertically exaggerated 2 times. Fly-through movie courtesy of the NOAA Vents Program.

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