Inferno Crater Lake
Inferno Crater Lake is a large hot spring located in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley on the North Island of New Zealand, and the largest geyser-like feature in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: volcanic crater lake in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Inferno Crater”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frying Pan Lake and Southern Crater Lake.
Frying Pan Lake
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frying Pan Lake is the world's largest hot spring. It is located in the Echo Crater of the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, New Zealand and its acidic water maintains a temperature of about 50 to 60 °C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waimangu and Te Wairoa.
Waimangu
Hamlet
Waimangu is a place in Rotorua, New Zealand that got affected by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. It is known for Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley. Waimangu is a thirty minutes drive from Rotorua.
Te Wairoa
Hamlet
Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Te Wairoa is situated 9 km northwest of Inferno Crater Lake.
Inferno Crater Lake
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.28191° or 38° 16′ 55″ southLongitude
176.39956° or 176° 23′ 58″ eastElevation
411 metres (1,348 feet)Open location code
4VHRP99X+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 370688752OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
6241349Wikidata ID
Q16892639
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Satellite Map
Discover Inferno Crater Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Inferno Crater Lake” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Laco d’o Cráter d’o Infierno”
- Slovenian: “Kratersko jezero Inferno”
- Spanish: “Lago del crater del infierno”
- Spanish: “Lago del cráter del infierno”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Fairy Crater and Black Crater.
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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 “Inferno Crater Lake”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.