The Devils Throat
The Devils Throat is a stone in Auckland Region, North Island. The Devils Throat is situated nearby to the stone Prince Of Wales Feathers, as well as near The Singing Cliff.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huka Falls and Wairakei Power Station.
Huka Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huka Falls is a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River, which drains Lake Taupō in New Zealand. A few hundred metres upstream from Huka Falls, the Waikato River narrows from approximately 100 metres across to a canyon only 15 metres across. Huka Falls is situated 3½ km south of The Devils Throat.
Wairakei Power Station
Power station
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone. Wairakei Power Station is situated 2 km southeast of The Devils Throat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rangatira Park and Oruanui.
Rangatira Park
Suburb
Rangatira Park is a suburb in the New Zealand town of Taupō. The suburb is located just north of Nukuhau and south of Huka Falls, on a hill above Waikato River. Residents of the suburb experienced an earthquake in September 2019. Rangatira Park is situated 7 km south of The Devils Throat.
Oruanui
Hamlet
Oruanui is a rural community in the Taupō District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located northwest of Wairakei on State Highway 1. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of many pits" for Ōruanui. Oruanui is situated 7 km northwest of The Devils Throat.
Nukuhau
Suburb
Nukuhau is a suburb of Taupō in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. Nukuhau is situated 8 km south of The Devils Throat.
The Devils Throat
- Type: Stone
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.61551° or 38° 36′ 56″ southLongitude
176.08454° or 176° 5′ 4″ eastOpen location code
4VHR93MM+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 6223750125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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