Wairakei

Wairakei is a peak in Auckland Region, North Island and has an elevation of 410 metres. Wairakei is situated nearby to the locality Taylors Bluff, as well as near the hamlet Aratiatia.

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Highlights include Wairakei Power Station and Huka Prawn Park.

Wairakei Power Station

Power station

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

Huka Prawn Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Huka Prawn Park is an aquaculture venture and tourist attraction located 10 minutes north of Taupō. It was started in 1987, and is currently New Zealand's only prawn farm.

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.

Nukuhau

Suburb

Nukuhau is a suburb of Taupō in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. Nukuhau is situated 8 km south of Wairakei.

Wairakei

Type: Peak with an elevation of 410 metres
Category: landform
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.61169° or 38° 36′ 42″ south

Longitude

176.08708° or 176° 5′ 14″ east

Elevation

410 metres (1,345 feet)

Open location code

4VHR93QP+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10705998569

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6236475

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French: “Wairakei”

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