Lake Taupo (Taupomoana)

Lake Taupo (Taupomoana) is a lake in Auckland Region, North Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taupō Volcano.

Taupō Volcano

Volcano

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Lake Taupō, in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, fills the caldera of the Taupō Volcano, a large rhyolitic supervolcano. This huge volcano has produced two of the world's most powerful eruptions in geologically recent times. Taupō Volcano is situated 2½ km southeast of Lake Taupo (Taupomoana).

Lake Taupo (Taupomoana)

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.75823° or 38° 45′ 30″ south

Longitude

175.88021° or 175° 52′ 49″ east

Elevation

356 metres (1,168 feet)

Open location code

4VHQ6VRJ+P3

GeoNames ID

6236049

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