Frying Pan Lake

Frying Pan Lake is the world's largest hot spring. It is located in the Echo Crater of the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, and its acidic water maintains a temperature of about 50 to 60 °C.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: hot spring in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “jezero Frying Pan”, “Waimangu Cauldron”, and “Waimangujska kaldera”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Inferno Crater Lake and Southern Crater Lake.

Lake
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is a large hot spring located…

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waimangu and Te Wairoa.

Hamlet
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Hamlet
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was a village close to the shore of near , New Zealand. is situated 9 km northwest of Frying Pan Lake.

Frying Pan Lake

Latitude
-38.28362° or 38° 17′ 1″ south
Longitude
176.39534° or 176° 23′ 43″ east
Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)
Open location code
4VHRP98W+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 213281928
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6241344
Wiki­data ID
Q913465
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Frying Pan Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة المقلاة”
  • Aragonese: “Laco d’a Sartaina”
  • Chinese: “煎锅湖”
  • Czech: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • Dutch: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • French: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • German: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • Hebrew: “אגם מחבת הטיגון”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Frying Pan”
  • Indonesian: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • Italian: “lago Frying Pan”
  • Italian: “Lago Frying Pan”
  • Japanese: “フライング・パン湖”
  • Polish: “Frying Pan”
  • Russian: “Фрайинг-Пэн (озеро)”
  • Russian: “Фрайинг-Пэн”
  • Slovenian: “Frying Pan Lake”
  • Slovenian: “Frying Pan”
  • Spanish: “Lago Frying Pan”
  • Swedish: “Frying Pan Lake”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rotomahana and Waiotapu Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Echo Crater and Fairy Crater.

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