Alum Lake
Alum Lake is a lake in Auckland Region, North Island. Alum Lake is situated nearby to the locality Wairakei, as well as near Taylors Bluff.Places of Interest
Highlights include Te Mihi Power Station and Craters of the Moon.
Te Mihi Power Station
Power station
Photo: RustySheep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Te Mihi Power Station is a 166 MW geothermal power station owned and operated by Contact Energy, located north of Taupō in New Zealand. The resource consent for the power station was "called in" by the Minister for the Environment Trevor Mallard under the terms of the Resource Management Act.
Craters of the Moon
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Craters of the Moon Thermal Area is a region with geothermal activity north of Taupō, New Zealand. It is a part of Wairakei, the largest geothermal field in New Zealand, with a surface area of about 25 km2, which lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oruanui and Rangatira Park.
Oruanui
Hamlet
Oruanui is a rural community in the Taupō District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located northwest of Wairakei on State Highway 1. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of many pits" for Ōruanui.
Rangatira Park
Suburb
Rangatira Park is a suburb in the New Zealand town of Taupō. The suburb is located just north of Nukuhau and south of Huka Falls, on a hill above Waikato River. Residents of the suburb experienced an earthquake in September 2019.
Alum Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Taupo, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.61792° or 38° 37′ 5″ southLongitude
176.06114° or 176° 3′ 40″ eastElevation
499 metres (1,637 feet)Open location code
4VHR93J6+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 375190471OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6236367Wikidata ID
Q116671695
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