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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Taranaki
| other_name = {{ubl|Taranaki Maunga|Mount Egmont}}
| photo = Mt_Taranaki.JPG
| photo_caption = View of Mount Taranaki from [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]], showing Fanthams Peak on the southern flank
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| first_ascent = Ernst Dieffenbach &amp; James Heberly, 1839<ref>{{cite web | title = Pouakai Crossing | url = https://www.doc.govt.nz/pouakai-crossing | publisher = Department of Conservation | access-date = 7 August 2021 | archive-date = 1 January 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230101204336/https://www.doc.govt.nz/pouakai-crossing | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Langton1996" />
| easiest_route = Mount Taranaki Summit Track ([[trail]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Mount Taranaki Summit Track (NZ DOC) | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/taranaki/taranaki/mount-taranaki-summit-track/ | access-date = 2007-03-04 | archive-date = 21 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221092844/http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/taranaki/taranaki/mount-taranaki-summit-track/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
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'''Mount Taranaki''' ({{Lang-Langx|mi|Taranaki Maunga}}, formerlyalso known as '''Mount Egmont''') is a dormant [[stratovolcano]] in the [[Taranaki]] region on the west coast of New Zealand's [[North Island]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://gns.cri.nz/content/download/6149/33766/file/QuickFacts%20%20MtTaranaki.pdf | title = Volcano Fact Sheet: Mount Taranaki / Egmont Volcano | publisher = GNS Science | year = 2010 | access-date = 2012-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140303005440/http://gns.cri.nz/content/download/6149/33766/file/QuickFacts%20%20MtTaranaki.pdf | archive-date = 3 March 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>'Likely to erupt in the future', Neal & Alloway 1991, as quoted in [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/1997/6.pdf New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122021017/http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/1997/6.pdf |date=22 November 2008 }}</ref> At {{convert|2518|m|ft|}}, it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after [[Mount Ruapehu]]. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak ({{lang-langx|mi|Panitahi}}), {{convert|1966|m|ft}}, on its south side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/wanganui/dawson-falls-east-egmont-brochure-and-map.pdf|title=Dawson Falls and East Egmont Walks|date=2015|publisher=Department of Conservation|access-date=8 July 2017|archive-date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307220007/http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/wanganui/dawson-falls-east-egmont-brochure-and-map.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Name ==
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It appeared as Mount Egmont on maps until 29 May 1986, when the name officially became "Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont"<ref>{{cite web |title=NZGB Gazetteer |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/3830 |website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127081237/https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/3830 |url-status=live }}</ref> following a decision by [[Minister of Lands (New Zealand)|the Minister of Lands]], [[Koro Wētere]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Notice of Decision of Minister of Lands Re Assigning of Place Name |url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1986/84.pdf |journal=[[New Zealand Gazette]] |volume=84 |date=29 May 1986 |pages=2341–2342 |via=[[New Zealand Legal Information Institute]] |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807054708/http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1986/84.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/consultation-decisions/a-to-z/honokawa/report/index.aspx|title=Honokawa and Whanokao Place Name Proposal Report|publisher=Land Information New Zealand |date=2009 |access-date=29 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524133012/http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/consultation-decisions/a-to-z/honokawa/report/index.aspx|archive-date=24 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Egmont name still applies to the national park that surrounds the peak and geologists still refer to the peak as the Egmont Volcano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/new_zealand/egmont_monitoring.html|title=Egmont Volcanic Seismic Monitoring Network & Contingency Plan|access-date=29 April 2010|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003344/http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/australia/new_zealand/egmont_monitoring.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
As part of the [[Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements|Treaty of Waitangi settlement]] with Ngā Iwi o Taranaki, a group of tribes in the region,{{Efn|Ngā iwi o Taranaki refers literally to 'the tribes of Taranaki', and is a collective of the eight tribes, [[Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi]], [[Ngāruahine]], [[Ngāti Maru (Taranaki)|Ngāti Maru]], [[Ngāti Mutunga]], [[Ngāti Ruanui]], [[Ngāti Tama]], [[Taranaki Iwi]] and [[Te Āti Awa]]|name=iwi-list}} the mountain will be officially named ''Taranaki Maunga'', and will be the first natural geographic feature with an official name in Māori, rather than English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Robin |date=2023-03-31 |title='No more Egmont' – Taranaki Maunga officially welcomed at treaty settlement |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/487103/no-more-egmont-taranaki-maunga-officially-welcomed-at-treaty-settlement |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117865581/egmont-out-taranaki-maunga-in-agreement-reached-on-mountain-name-change |title=Egmont out, Taranaki Maunga in: agreement reached on mountain name change |first=Deena |last=Coster |date=2 December 2019 |newspaper=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807033625/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117865581/egmont-out-taranaki-maunga-in-agreement-reached-on-mountain-name-change |url-status=live }}</ref> The settlement was initialled on 31 March 2023, and has been ratified by the iwi of Taranaki.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/no-more-egmont-taranaki-maunga-officially-welcomed-at-treaty-of-waitangi-settlement/3MVYEHJM3JEIVJ46FWLNPNYMMY/ |title='No more Egmont': Taranaki Maunga officially welcomed at Treaty of Waitangi settlement|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|first=Robin|last=Martin|date=31 March 2023|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331212531/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/no-more-egmont-taranaki-maunga-officially-welcomed-at-treaty-of-waitangi-settlement/3MVYEHJM3JEIVJ46FWLNPNYMMY/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/496592/taranaki-maunga-deal-gets-popular-tick | title=Taranaki Maunga deal gets popular tick | date=25 August 2023| access-date=27 August 2023| first=Craig| last=Ashworth}}</ref>
 
Some iwi in the region had referred to the mountain as ''Taranaki Mounga'' rather than ''Taranaki Maunga'', per the local Māori dialect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://taranakimounga.nz/vision-objectives-timeframes/faqs/|title=Taranaki Mounga FAQs|access-date=13 April 2023|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413061148/https://taranakimounga.nz/vision-objectives-timeframes/faqs/|url-status=live}}</ref>