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National park in New Zealand
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Tongariro National ParkIUCN category II (national park)Mahuia River, Tongariro National ParkMap of New ZealandLocationRuapehu District, New ZealandNearestxc2xa0cityNational Park, New ZealandCoordinates39xc2xb017xe2x80xb227xe2x80xb3S 175xc2xb033xe2x80xb244xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf39.29083xc2xb0S 175.56222xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -39.29083; 175.56222Coordinates: 39xc2xb017xe2x80xb227xe2x80xb3S 175xc2xb033xe2x80xb244xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf39.29083xc2xb0S 175.56222xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -39.29083; 175.56222Area795.96xc2xa0km2 (307.32xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)EstablishedOctober 1887Governingxc2xa0bodyDepartment of ConservationWhakapapa Visitor CentrePrivate BagMount Ruapehu 2650 UNESCO World Heritage SiteCriteriaCulturalxc2xa0and Natural:xc2xa0(vi), (vii), (viii)Reference421bisInscription1990 (14th session)Extensions1993
Tongariro National Park (/xcbx88txc9x92xc5x8bxc9xa1xc9x99rxc9xaaroxcax8a/; Mxc4x81ori:xc2xa0[txc9x94xc5x8baxc9xbeixc9xbexc9x94]) is the oldest national park in New Zealand,[1] located in the central North Island.
Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park[2] established in the world.
[4] The park includes many towns around its boundary including Ohakune, Waiouru, Horopito, Pokaka, Erua, National Park Village, Whakapapa skifield and Turangi.
The Tongariro National Park is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing, widely regarded as one of the world's best one-day hikes.
Tongariro National Park covers 786xc2xa0km2 stretching between 175xc2xb0xc2xa022' and 175xc2xb0xc2xa048' East and 38xc2xb0xc2xa058' and 39xc2xb0xc2xa025' South in the heart of the North Island of New Zealand.
The Whanganui River rises within the park and flows through Whanganui National Park to the west.
Satellite picture of Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park stretches around the massif of the three active volcanoes Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro.
The Pihanga Scenic Reserve, containing Lake Rotopounamu, Mount Pihanga and the Kakaramea-Tihia Massif, though separate from the main park area, is still part of the national park.
On the park borders are the towns of Turangi, National Park Village and Ohakune.
The bulk of Tongariro National Park is surrounded by well-maintained roads that roughly follow the park borders and provide easy access.
In the west, State Highway 4 passes National Park village, and in the east, State Highway 1, known for this stretch as the Desert Road, runs parallel to the Tongariro River.
The North Island Main Trunk railway from Auckland to Wellington passes National Park village.
Like the whole of New Zealand, Tongariro National Park is situated in a temperate zone.
As the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park are the first significant elevations that these winds encounter on the North Island, besides Mount Taranaki, rain falls almost daily.
This 26.4xc2xa0km2 area was generally considered to be too small to establish a national park after the model of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States, and so further areas were acquired.
When the New Zealand Parliament passed the Tongariro National Park Act in October 1894, the park covered an area of about 252.13xc2xa0km2, but it took until 1907 to acquire the land.
Tongariro National Park has been under the control of the New Zealand Department of Conservation since the creation of the department in 1987.
The first activities in the young Tongariro National Park were the construction of tourist huts at the beginning of the 20th century.
The second Tongariro National Park Act, in 1922, started some active conservation efforts, but it was not until 1931 that the first permanent park ranger began work.
This early tourist development explains the rather uncommon existence of a permanently inhabited village and fully developed ski area within a national park.
Sunrise on Tongariro National Park
Volcanic processes have been building the mountains of Tongariro National Park for over two million years.
The Tongariro National Park is a rough and partly unstable environment.
Rhododendron at Tongariro National Park
The Tongariro National Park also teems with insects like moths and wxc4x93txc4x81.
Ruapehu seen from Whakapapa Village, Tongariro National Park.
The most popular track in Tongariro National Park is the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.