Rangipo Desert
Te Onetapu, commonly known as the Rangipo Desert, is a barren desert-like environment located in New Zealand, located in the Ruapehu District on the North Island Volcanic Plateau; to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu, and to the west of the Kaimanawa Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Plain
- Description: desert in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Te Onetapu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tukino.
Tukino
Locality
Photo: Geoff McKay, CC BY 2.0.
Tukino skifield is located on the eastern face of Mount Ruapehu, in the central area of the North Island, New Zealand. A club managed field, Tukino is open to the general public and both skiing and snowboarding are popular. Tukino is situated 5 km northwest of Rangipo Desert.
Rangipo Desert
- Categories: volcanic desert and landform
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Rangipo Desert from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Rangipo Desert” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Ranqipo”
- Bulgarian: “Рангипо”
- Cebuano: “Rangipo Desert”
- Czech: “Rangipo”
- Dutch: “Rangipo Desert”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا رانجيبو”
- Esperanto: “Rangipo”
- French: “désert de Rangipo”
- French: “Désert de Rangipo”
- Georgian: “რანგიპოს უდაბნო”
- German: “Rangipo Desert”
- Hebrew: “מדבר רנגיפו”
- Italian: “deserto di Rangipo”
- Italian: “Deserto di Rangipo”
- Italian: “Rangipo Desert”
- Japanese: “ランギポ砂漠”
- Maori: “Te Onetapu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rangipo Desert”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rangipo Desert”
- Norwegian: “Rangipo Desert”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Rangipo”
- Russian: “Рангипо”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rangipo”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Rangipo”
- Turkish: “Rangipo Çölü”
- Ukrainian: “Рангіпо”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tukino Alpine Village and Iwikau Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tufa and Wahianoa River.
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