Lake Tarawera
Lake Tarawera is the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Ōkataina Caldera.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the North Island of New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tarawera Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Wairoa and Lake Okareka.
Te Wairoa
Hamlet
Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Te Wairoa is situated 8 km west of Lake Tarawera.
Lake Okareka
Village
Photo: Oppatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Okareka is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Lake Tarawera.
Lake Tarawera
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Tarawera” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tarawera”
- Cebuano: “Lake Tarawera”
- Chinese: “塔拉韋拉湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Tarawera”
- Esperanto: “Tarawera”
- French: “lac Tarawera”
- French: “Lac Tarawera”
- Georgian: “ტარავერა”
- Georgian: “ტარაუერა”
- Georgian: “ტარაუერის ტბა”
- German: “Lake Tarawera”
- Italian: “lago Tarawera”
- Italian: “Lago Tarawera”
- Japanese: “タラウェラ湖”
- Polish: “Tarawera”
- Russian: “Таравера”
- Spanish: “Tarawera”
- Welsh: “Llyn Tarawera”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tarawera Eruption Memorial and Mourā Point.
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