Frying Pan Lake is the world's largest hot spring. It is located in the Echo Crater of the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, New Zealand and its acidic water maintains a temperature of about 50 to 60 °C.

Inferno Crater Lake

Lake

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inferno Crater Lake is a large hot spring located in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley on the North Island of New Zealand, and the largest geyser-like feature in the world.

Southern Crater Lake

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waimangu.

Waimangu

Hamlet

Waimangu is a place in Rotorua, New Zealand that got affected by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. It is known for Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley. Waimangu is a thirty minutes drive from Rotorua.

Lake Okaro

Latitude

-38.29851° or 38° 17′ 55″ south

Longitude

176.39479° or 176° 23′ 41″ east

Elevation

416 metres (1,365 feet)

Open location code

4VHRP92V+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 8043177

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

2185766

Wikidata ID

Q32304857

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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Okaro from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Lake Okaro” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Okaro”
German: “Lake Okaro”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rotomahana and Waiotapu Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waimangu and Opal Lake.

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