What is the name of the symmetrical volcano in New Zealand's North Island?

The symmetrical volcano in New Zealand’s North Island is Mount Taranaki, officially Taranaki Maunga.

This nearly symmetrical stratovolcano stands on the west coast of the North Island in the Taranaki region. Its steep cone rises to 2,518 metres, making it the island’s second-highest mountain after Mount Ruapehu. A smaller volcanic cone, Fanthams Peak, sits on its southern flank.

Mount Taranaki is geologically young and began forming roughly 200,000 years ago. Its most recent significant activity occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including lava-dome growth and collapse during the 1850s or 1860s. Although it is dormant, scientists consider it capable of erupting again, and past eruptions have produced lahars as well as ash and lava.

The mountain has deep significance in Māori tradition. In one well-known story, Taranaki fled west after a conflict with other great mountains and carved the landscape while moving toward the coast. Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu are different North Island volcanoes, so they are not alternatives to the quiz’s answer.