Te Wairoa

Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of near , New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: locality in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Te Wairoa, New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wairere Falls and Punaromia Beach.

Waterfall
is a waterfall.

Lake
, more commonly known as Blue Lake, is the smallest of four small lying between Lake Rotorua and in the of New Zealand. is situated 3 km northwest of Te Wairoa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Okareka and Waimangu.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Te Wairoa.

Hamlet
is a place in , that got affected by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. It is known for Volcanic Rift Valley. is a thirty minutes drive from . is situated 9 km south of Te Wairoa.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the of New Zealand's . In April 2018, had the highest house prices in Rotorua. is situated 9 km northwest of Te Wairoa.

Te Wairoa

Latitude
-38.21214° or 38° 12′ 44″ south
Longitude
176.35481° or 176° 21′ 17″ east
Elevation
390 metres (1,280 feet)
Open location code
4VHRQ9Q3+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1706825696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
6241297
Wiki­data ID
Q2398235
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Te Wairoa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 蒂怀罗瓦
  • Chinese: 蒂懷羅瓦
  • Egyptian Arabic: وويروا
  • German: Te Wairoa
  • German: The Buried Village
  • Italian: Te Wairoa
  • Japanese: テ・ワイロア
  • Maori: Te Wairoa
  • Turkish: Te Wairoa

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Te Wairoa”. Photo: JShook, CC BY 2.5.