Volcano breath: a rare 'vog' event in the eastern Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand
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2022-04-14
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Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
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Whakaari/White Island, located 50 km offshore and north of
Whakatāne in the eastern Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand is the country’s most active volcano. For more than a century, it has been in a state of constant unrest punctuated by small but hazardous eruptions. Often, the volcano emits a plume of water vapour and gases that are visible from the mainland. Residents of Whakatāne were reminded of Whakaari’s ‘volcano breath’ when a rare ‘vog’ episode occurred on 9 November 2021.
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Stewart C, Iremonger S, Rosenberg M, Leonard G. (2022). Volcano breath: a rare 'vog' event in the eastern Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 37. 2. (pp. 9-10).