Images related to Topography of New Zealand

7.6 Magnitude Earthquake off New Zealand’s South Island
Image

7.6 Magnitude Earthquake off New Zealand’s South Island

Evidence of New Zealand’s location on the Pacific Ring of Fire is shown in this image of the bathymetry (shades of blue) and topography (shades of brown) of the southwestern part of the South Island, known as Fiordland, and the surrounding waters of the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean.

Published Jul 21, 2009

Image of the Day Land Water Earthquakes

Topography of Bali
Image

Topography of Bali

Published Jan 28, 2004

Image of the Day Land

Topography of South America
Image

Topography of South America

Published Jun 28, 2003

Image of the Day Land

Pagan Island, Northern Marianas
Image

Pagan Island, Northern Marianas

The island sits along the tectonic boundary where the old, cold Pacific plate is being subducted at the Marianas trench.

Published Mar 26, 2012

Image of the Day Land Water Volcanoes

Wellington, New Zealand
Image

Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, sits at the southwestern tip of North Island near the Cook Strait. The city in the second largest in New Zealand (after Auckland), and at 41 south latitude, it is the southernmost capital city in the world. The North and South Islands of New Zealand are located along the active Australian-Pacific tectonic plate boundary. The glancing collision of these two tectonic plates results in uplift of the land surface, expressed as low hills on North Island and the Southern Alps on South Island.

Published Dec 9, 2007

Image of the Day Land

The South Island, New Zealand
Image

The South Island, New Zealand

Colors ranging from deep brown to stark white give New Zealand’s South Island its intense beauty. The snow-capped Southern Alps run down the northern shore of the island. The mountains are rising as the Pacific Plate, the section of the Earth’s crust that holds the Pacific Ocean, including parts of New Zealand’s South Island, sinks beneath the Australia Plate, which holds the rest of New Zealand.

Published Dec 22, 2007

Image of the Day Land

Earthquake in Papua, Indonesia
Image

Earthquake in Papua, Indonesia

In the early morning hours of January 4, 2009, a pair of powerful earthquakes rattled Papua, Indonesia.

Published Jan 10, 2009

Image of the Day Land Earthquakes