Emerald Lakes
The Emerald Lakes are a group of small lakes in Tongariro National Park, named for their distinctive colour. The lakes are the result of water filling explosion craters near the summit of Mount Tongariro, with the colour coming from minerals dissolved from the surrounding landscape, particularly calcium carbonate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tongariro and Red Crater.
Mount Tongariro
Volcano
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Tongariro is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km to the southwest of Lake Taupō, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
Emerald Lakes
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lakes on Mount Tongariro, New Zealand
- Category: lake
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.13401° or 39° 8′ 2″ southLongitude
175.65453° or 175° 39′ 16″ eastElevation
1,708 metres (5,604 feet)Open location code
4VGQVM83+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 94100601OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Emerald Lakes” goes by many names.
- German: “Emerald Lakes”
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