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Id:
ZLV/ROT-001
Class
Volcano
Description
"The Ohakuri Caldera ( also Ōhakuri Caldera) was formed in a paired single event eruption of Ohakuri ignimbrite and is located in the Taupō Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand. The paired eruption resulted in a very large eruption sequence in the Taupō Volcanic Zone about 240,000 years ago that included the formation of Lake Rotorua and eruption of the Mamaku ignimbrite." The paired eruption referred to was a simultaneous eruption of the Ohakuru an Rotorua caldera.
Radius of Activation Zone
Within 4.0km, or within sight
Public access to AZ
Yes Info (what does this mean?)
Via public road(s): Humphrey Road; Tia Street; Moana Avenue; Hall Road; Matapan Road; Gears Road; State Highway 1; State Highway 30; Ohakuri Road; Parsons Road; 24 unnamed road(s)
Via park(s): Tahunaatara Stream Marginal Strip; Unnamed Recreation Reserve; Whangapaoa Springs Scientific Reserve
Field Name
Ohakuri, Kapenga and Rotorua volcanic centres, Taupo Volcanic Zone
Height
252
Date Range
240.0k years ago
Eon
Phanerozoic
Era
Cenozoic
Period
Quaternary
Epoch
Pleistocene
Lies within
Region
Waikato
Iwi
Ngāti Tūwharetoa country
Location
NZTM2000: 1865860, 5750211 (alt: 252m)
Maidenhead
RF81ap
Active?
Yes
Valid for NZART awards?
No
Valid From
1900-01-01
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Summits
[ZL1/WK-102] Ngautuku
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