INTERIOR NEW ZEALAND AND TAUPO VOLCANICS

This section deals with the volcanic activity around the Rotorua area and Lake Taupo. New Zealand's North Island interior is considered very active in volcanic activity. Mt Tarawera, south of Rotorua, erupted around 1886 in a violent fury. The photos you see below are testament to what lies beneath. In fact, the Rotorua area is inside a giant caldera that formed about 220000 years ago.The major thermal areas of Takeke, Tikitere, Lake Rotokawa, and Rotorua-Whakarewarewa are located within the caldera or outside its rim.


"Champagne Pool 1"
Waiotapu's Champagne Pool thermal lake. Just
south of Rotorua, New Zealand.
"Champagne Pool 2"
Steam heated to 74 Degrees C off the surface
of Champagne Pool, Waiotapu, New Zealand

"Devil's Bath"
Sulfer laden pond from an explosion crater
inside the Waiotapu Geothermal Area
"Waiotapu Mudpool Explosion 1 "
Hot mud spatter from Waiotapu Mudpool.
Outside Waiotapu Geothermal Area

"Waiotapu Mudpool Explosion 2"
Mud spatter shoots 10 feet into the air from
volcanic gasses below.
"Waiotapu Mudpools and Pond"
Small ephemeral islands form on surface of
pond from mud explosions.



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