It’s interesting how the north island has so little mountainous areas compared to the south island
Ok-Walk-8040 on
That’s because the Australian and Pacific plates are actually grinding each other on the South Island. This creates taller mountains.
The north island is entirely on the Australian plate so there aren’t tall mountains there, but there are volcanoes, because the magma is rising up from the subduction zone that results from the pacific plate going down under the Australian plate.
Milehi1972 on
Must visit one day!!!
Toastaexperience on
Huge if true
s4yum1 on
Im more fascinated by islands far from mainland, aka Chatham Islands. Wonder whats going on there and life
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It’s interesting how the north island has so little mountainous areas compared to the south island
That’s because the Australian and Pacific plates are actually grinding each other on the South Island. This creates taller mountains.
The north island is entirely on the Australian plate so there aren’t tall mountains there, but there are volcanoes, because the magma is rising up from the subduction zone that results from the pacific plate going down under the Australian plate.
Must visit one day!!!
Huge if true
Im more fascinated by islands far from mainland, aka Chatham Islands. Wonder whats going on there and life
If only it were a real place
Pretty sure this is just the old one.
r/MapsWithNothingButNewZealand
You mean the thing that doesn’t exist on maps?