Mount Taranaki sits at 8,261 feet tall on New Zealand's North Island, but is surrounded by an almost perfectly circular lush green forest.
The lush green forest is almost a perfect circle A volcano in New Zealand which once doubled as Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings has a mysterious perfect circle around it – but what caused it? Mount Taranaki sits at 8,261 feet tall on New Zealand ’s North Island, but is surrounded by an almost perfectly circular lush green forest. The dense forest is filled with mangled kamahi trees, adding to the creepy allure of the volcano.
The ‘goblin’ moniker is nicknamed due to the trees having to regrow in awkward positions over the fossilised remains of other trees which were destroyed in past eruptions. Mount Taranaki also has unique legal protections – in 2017, the government granted it the same rights as a ‘person’ because it’s so sacred to local Maori tribes. The tribes consider the volcano to be an ancestor and family member, meaning if anyone desecreates it, they could face fines.
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