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What is the name of the distinctive 2,797-metre peak in Tongariro National Park, whose almost perfectly symmetrical cone was used as Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings films?

Answer: Mount Ngauruhoe — Mount Ngauruhoe, technically a secondary vent of the Tongariro volcano, is an iconic stratovolcano that last erupted in 1975 and gained worldwide fame as the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's trilogy.

Mount Ngauruhoe, technically a secondary vent of the Tongariro volcano, is an iconic stratovolcano that last erupted in 1975 and gained worldwide fame as the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's trilogy.

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