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Id:
ZLV/TAU-001
Class
Volcano
Description
"Lake Taupō, in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, 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. The volcano is in the Taupō Volcanic Zone within the Taupō Rift, a region of rift volcanic activity that extends from Ruapehu in the south, through the Taupō and Rotorua districts, to Whakaari / White Island, in the Bay of Plenty. "
Radius of Activation Zone
Within 17.0km, or within sight
Public access to AZ
Via public road(s): Cherry Lane; Facilita Avenue; Tawhaa Road; Sherwood Way; Oakleaf Lane; Sparrowhawk Way; Pukatea Lane; Karaka Place; Ribbonwood Lane; KŌmahimahi Way; Lochnivar Lane; Lancewood Way; Kanuka Grove; Acacia Bay Road; Loch Haven Lane; Harrier Lane; Blackhawk Close; Tuki Street; Te ĀwhĀ Place; Whareroa Road; Poriwira Drive; Turangitukua Terrace; Piripi Place; Te Amio Place; Ani Patena Place; Maniapoto Street; Cabbage Tree Grove; Tohe Cul; Kiko Road; Korohe Road; Meremere Street; Kuratau Hydro Road; Te Puke Road; Rangitukua Drive; Te Pohue Street; Kaimanawa Street; Te Waaka Terrace; Hiuhiuawai Street; Riverpark Drive; Huriwaka Street; Kahotea Drive; Rangimoana Avenue; Heuheu Parade; Mohi Street; Oruatua Avenue; John Norrie Place; Kamahi Terrace; Ihaia Road; Parehopu Street; Waipapa Street; Motutaiko Street; Pikikotuku Place; Te Arahori Road; Taringa Avenue; Te Rae Street; Hoani Place; Parekarangaranga Street; Arataha Street; Raukawa Place; Tukino Road; Kereru Lane; Kuharua Place; Koromiko Place; Morunga Street; Ruru Place; Tui Crescent; Paehua Street; Ngatau Street; Te Ariki Drive; Hinerangi Place; Tawiri Place; Rangiwhero Street; Omori Road; Horomatangi Place; Manunui Street; Marshall Close; Herea Avenue; Tangitu Street; Parati Place; Asher Avenue; Ruahoata Lane; Paurini Place; Rowena Crescent; Wai Kite Kite Place; Wai Matangi Place; Kapua Street; Taiawa Street; Susan Lane; Kestrel Lane; Peregrine Place; Kinloch Road; Alberta Street; Wharewaka Road; Highland Drive; Blue Ridge Drive; Acacia Heights Drive; Loch Views Road; Mahuta Road; Hurae Road; Rereahu Avenue; Rotongaio Road; Blake Road; Mill Road; Peehi Manini Road; Marina Terrace; Dalmore Way; Locheagles Rise; Nisbet Terrace; Montgomery Crescent; Irwin Place; Ramsay Drive; Reeves Road; Stanley Street; Chestnut Grove; Glenlochy Rise; Stewart Glen; Brunette Drive; Ewing Grove; Isobel Street; Besley Place; Te Kopua Street; Scenic Heights; Shera Street; Angela Place; Te Mako Mako Lane; Raniera Grove; Wairau Avenue; Keitha Place; Ogilvie Road; Kaiapo Road; Cameron Drive; Kinder Street; Kinloch Esplanade; Mata Place; Pearce Place; Kittyhawk Drive; Candu Lane; Lakemere Way; Pukeko Way; Gibbs Place; Bodes Lane; Maple Grove; Denmar Rise; Te Urunga Place; Glen Mohr; Hoeta Te Hata Lane; Arapera Road; Te Rawiri Kahia Domain; Areta Lane; Iapeta Lane; Kahikatoa Lane; Hinemaiaia Lane; Pakira Place; Northcroft Street; Paora Rokino Place; Rogers Place; Flaxen Way; Lomond Grove; Whakamoenga Point; Grand Vista Lane; Nursery Lane; Herons Court; Par Place; Antonia Place; Yasmin Lane; Seagers Close; Oakdale Drive; Parawera Drive; Taaku Lane; Morel Place; Park Lane; Whitney Lane; Krissell Place; Sylvia Place; Earle Place; Winston Street; Silich Street; Dorothy Drive; Waianiwa Dell; School Lane; Mapara Road; Tukairangi Road; Victory Drive; Wakeman Road; Lisland Drive; Hill View Drive; Rawhira Road; Otaiatoa Street; Kenrigg Road East; Wily Terrace; Foxley Avenue; Waitetoko Road; Gillespie Place; Boojum Dell; Ani Miria Place; Waitapu Road; Mac Road; Mua Street; Okahuroa Road; Wharewera Street; State Highway 1; Hingapo Road; Hinemaiaia Access Road; Kenrigg Road; Kahikatea Drive; Okaia Drive; Western Bay Road; KŌhŪhŪ Place; Parekaawa Drive; Te Putu Road; Te Hapua Bay Road; PĪhanga Road; NgĀti Parekaawa Drive; Hinekapi Terrace; Motuoapa Esplanade; Karangahape Road; 47 unnamed road(s)
Via DOC track(s): Awaroa Tk; Five Mile Bay Lions Walk; Te Hapua Tk Easement; Waimarino Anglers Access Tk; Omori Stm Omori Boatramp Tk; Whareroa Lakeside Tk; Glt Kawakawa Bay Tk; Motuoapa Lookout Tk; Glt W2k Headland Loop; Tahunatira Point Walking Track; Glt Waihora Section; Glt Waihaha Section; Waipehi Tk; Glt Whakaipo Kinloch Track (W2k); Tauranga Taupo River, Anglers Tk.; Hinemaiaia T/L Anglers Tk; Waitahanui River Right Bank Anglers Acce; Waitahanui River Left Bank Anglers Acces; Glen Tk, Hingarae Sr; Whangamata Stream Track; Rangitira Pt/Wharemoenga Tks; Pukawa Omori Tk; Hinemaiaia River Trk Ds Tl Below Sh1; Oruatua Tk; Tauranga Taupo River Tk; Glt Chinamens Creek Section; Glt Waihora Camp Section
Via park(s): Omori Recreation Reserve; Whakaipo Bay Recreation Reserve; Hinemaiaia Scenic Reserve; Whakaipo Bay Scenic Reserve; Motuoapa Scenic Reserve; Northcroft Street Recreation Reserve; Five Mile Bay Recreation Reserve; Motuoapa Bay Domain Recreation Reserve; Motutere Recreation Reserve; Waitahanui Lake Shore Recreation Reserve; Waikino Scenic Reserve; Oruatua Reserve; Kotukutuku Stream Scenic Reserve; Whakaroa Point Recreation Reserve; Oruatua Recreation Reserve; Okaia Stream Reserve Part B; Hatepe Recreation Reserve; Manowharangi Bay Recreation Reserve; Rangitukua Scenic Reserve; Awaroa Recreation Reserve; Acacia Bay Esplanade Reserves; Otaketake Stream Scenic Reserve Part B; Otaketake Stream Scenic Reserve Part A; Waitahanui Recreation Reserve; Kuratau River No. 1 Marginal Strip; Omori Scenic Reserve; Tutaeuaua Scenic Reserve; Wharekawa Scenic Reserve; Motuoapa Conservation Area; Waihora Stream Scenic Reserve; Oruatua Conservation Area; Te Anoputarua Point Marginal Strip; Kaiapo Bay Scenic Reserve; Te Hapua Bay Scenic Reserve; Mission Bay Recreation Reserve; Kawakawa Bay Scenic Reserve; Waitetoko Scenic Reserve; Waimarino River Recreation Reserve; Hingarae Scenic Reserve; Waihaha Scenic Reserve (Part); Tauranga -Taupo River Marginal Strip; Whangamata Stream Scenic Reserve; Okaia Stream Scenic Reserve Part A; Waimarino River Marginal Strip; Waitahanui River Mouth Conservation Area
Field Name
Taupo Volcanic Zone
Height
357
Date Range
0.0 years ago to 300.0k years ago
Eon
Phanerozoic
Era
Cenozoic
Period
Quaternary
Epoch
Pleistocene
Lies within
Region
District
Iwi
Ngāti Tūwharetoa country
Location
NZTM2000: 1850872, 5701463 (alt: 357m)
Maidenhead
RF71we
Active?
Yes
Valid for NZART awards?
No
Valid From
1900-01-01

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Summits
[ZL1/WK-055] Ngangautu
[ZL1/WK-074] Rangitukua
[ZL1/WK-076] Karangahape
[ZL1/WK-097] Waikarariki Point

Lakes
[ZLL/0085] De Lautours Pool

Humps
[ZL1/HWK-051] Whangamata Bluffs
[ZL1/HWK-053] Tuhingamata
[ZL1/HWK-057] Outaha Hills
[ZL1/HWK-061] Edge Hill
[ZL1/HWK-126] Motuoapa

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