Taupō Volcano

, in the centre of 's , fills the caldera of the Taupō Volcano, a large rhyolitic supervolcano. This huge volcano has produced two of the world's most powerful eruptions in geologically recent times.
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  • Type: Volcano
  • Description: Caldera Volcano in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Taupo Volcano”

Taupō Volcano

Latitude
-38.7746° or 38° 46′ 29″ south
Longitude
175.904° or 175° 54′ 14″ east
Open location code
4VHQ6WG3+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1280127341
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Wiki­data ID
Q3775494
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Satellite Map

Discover Taupō Volcano from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Taupō Volcano” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركان تابو”
  • Asturian: “Taupō Volcano”
  • Basque: “Taupō (sumendia)”
  • Basque: “Taupō”
  • Catalan: “volcà Taupo”
  • Catalan: “Volcà Taupo”
  • Czech: “Taupo”
  • Finnish: “Taupo”
  • Finnish: “Taupō”
  • French: “Taupo”
  • German: “Taupo”
  • German: “Taupō”
  • Hebrew: “טאופו (הר געש)”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung berapi Taupo”
  • Italian: “Taupo”
  • Italian: “Vulcano Taupo”
  • Japanese: “タウポ火山”
  • Korean: “타우포 화산”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taupo”
  • Norwegian: “Taupo”
  • Russian: “Таупо”
  • Slovenian: “Taupō (vulkan)”
  • Slovenian: “Taupō”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Taupo”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Taupo”
  • Ukrainian: “Таупо (вулкан)”
  • Ukrainian: “Таупо”

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