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Island volcano in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty
Photo: Rfleming, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
White Island (Maori: Whakaari) is an uninhabited active volcanic island off the coast from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand that you can fly over by plane or helicopter. There used to be boat tours and helicopter flights that landed on the island, but these stopped when the island erupted on 9 December 2019, killing 22 visitors.
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