Oceania's Most Explosive Volcano You've Never Heard of

One of the most consistently highly explosive eruptive centers in all of Oceania is a volcano that few people have ever heard of. Located within New Zealand, most of this volcano's eruptions have reached at least a volcanic explosivity index of 4 during the last 10,000 years. I am not referring to Taupo, Ruapehu or Okataina. Instead, I am referring to an island volcano known as Raoul Island.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] Geonet (New Zealand)
[2] Ian E.M. Smith, Robert B. Stewart, Richard C. Price, Timothy J. Worthington, Are arc-type rocks the products of magma crystallisation? Observations from a simple oceanic arc volcano: Raoul Island, Kermadec Arc, SW Pacific, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 190, Issues 1–2, 2010, Pages 219-234, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores..... (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...)
[3] Tim J Worthington, Murray R Gregory, Vladislav Bondarenko, The Denham Caldera on Raoul Volcano: dacitic volcanism in the Tonga–Kermadec arc, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 90, Issues 1–2, 1999, Pages 29-48, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99.... (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...)
[4] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022.
[5] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission

0:00 Highly Explosive Volcanoes
1:56 New Zealand Volcanoes
2:20 Raoul Island
2:54 Geologic History
4:05 1st Major Eruption
4:44 2nd Major Eruption
5:40 Recent Eruptions