Mount Cambria

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1907 postcard showing Mount Cambria as seen from Mt Victoria Mount Cambria Devonport Auckland.jpg
1907 postcard showing Mount Cambria as seen from Mt Victoria

Mount Cambria (also Sheep Hill or Taka-a-raro [1] / Takararo) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. Located in the suburb of Devonport north-east of Mt Victoria, its 30-metre scoria cone was quarried away. The site is now Cambria Reserve.

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History

The hill was traditionally known as Takararo ("The Hill Standing Below"), contrasting with the larger Takarunga / Mount Victoria ("The Hill Standing Above"). [2] It was named Heaphy Hill after Charles Heaphy by Ferdinand von Hochstetter in 1859, but this name is not used.[ citation needed ] Cambria is the ancient name for Wales. [3]

The hill was quarried between the 1870s and 1977, initially by private contractors and later by the Devonport Borough Council. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pegman, David M (August 2007). "The Volcanoes of Auckland" (PDF). Manukau City Council . Mangere Mountain Education Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 Cameron, Ewen; Hayward, Bruce; Murdoch, Graeme (2008). A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage (rev. ed.). Random House New Zealand. p. 149. ISBN   978-1-86962-1513.
  3. ↑ Verran, David (2010). The North Shore, an Illustrated History (1st ed.). Random House New Zealand. ISBN   978 1 86979 3128.

References

36°49′28″S174°48′07″E / 36.824444°S 174.801933°E / -36.824444; 174.801933


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