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Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active〔'Likely to erupt in the future', Neal & Alloway 1991, as quoted in (New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics )〕 but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Although the mountain is more commonly referred to as Taranaki, it has two official names under the alternative names policy of the New Zealand Geographic Board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What is the difference between alternative naming and dual naming? )〕 The 2518-metre-high mountain is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world. There is a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak ((マオリ語:Panitahi)), , on the south side.〔(Dawson Falls and East Egmont ), Department of Conservation. Retrieved 12 October 2011.〕 Because of its resemblance to Mount Fuji, Taranaki provided the backdrop for the movie ''The Last Samurai''. == Name == For many centuries the mountain was called ''Taranaki'' by Māori. The Māori word ''tara'' means mountain peak, and ''naki'' is thought to come from ''ngaki'', meaning "shining", a reference to the snow-clad winter nature of the upper slopes. Captain Cook named it Mount Egmont on 11 January 1770〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chapter IV. — Cook completes his survey, 1769 and 1770 )〕 after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, a former First Lord of the Admiralty who had supported the concept of an oceanic search for ''Terra Australis Incognita''. Cook described it as "of a prodigious height and its top cover'd with everlasting snow," surrounded by a "flat country ... which afforded a very good aspect, being clothed with wood and (verdure )". When Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne made landfall off Taranaki on 25 March 1772 he named the mountain ''Pic Mascarin''. He was unaware of Cook's earlier visit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The discovery of New Zealand - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne )〕 It appeared as Mount Egmont on maps until 29 May 1986, when the Minister of Lands ruled that "Mount Taranaki" would be an alternative and equal official name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=27 March 2009 Place Name Proposal Report )〕 The Egmont name still applies to the national park that surrounds the peak and geologists still refer to the peak as the Egmont Volcano. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Taranaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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