Fairy Crater
Fairy Crater is a crater in Auckland Region, North Island. Fairy Crater is situated nearby to the hamlet Waimangu, as well as near the locality Rotomahana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inferno Crater Lake and Frying Pan Lake.
Inferno Crater Lake
Lake
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 Fairy Crater.
Fairy Crater
- Type: Crater
- Description: crater in New Zealand
- Categories: volcanic crater and landform
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.28138° or 38° 16′ 53″ southLongitude
176.40174° or 176° 24′ 6″ eastElevation
466 metres (1,529 feet)Open location code
4VHRPC92+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1706825611OpenStreetMap feature
natural=crater
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Fairy Crater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fairy Crater”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rotomahana and Waiotapu Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Crater and Echo Crater.
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