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Yes, Lake Taupo is a volcano.
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Is lake taupo an effusive volcano?
No. Lake Taupo is in the caldera of a highly explosive supervolcano.
How high is lake Taupo's volcano?
Lake Taupo is a large lake filling the caldera left by the last eruption. It is an explosive volcano system, so there is no particular mountain.
What is New Zealands largest caldera?
Lake Taupo, in the middle of the north island.
Where do you go in new zealand to swim a caldera?
You can go to Lake Taupo, a lake which fills two calderas formed by a supervolcano.
When did Lake Taupo from?
Lake Taupo, or the depression it formed in, formed about 26,500 years ago as as a result of the eruption of a supervolcano. The eruption drained much of the magma chamber beneath the area, causing the ground to collapse into the space left behind, forming a caldera.
Did lake taupo become a lake and how?
Lake Taupo fills the caldera of what is one of the world's great volcanoes. The last major eruption was about AD 200, and is recorded in historic accounts from China, and Roman times. Before this eruption, it used to drain out into the Firth of Thames, but that outlet was blocked by the debris from the eruption.
What is New Zealand's largest lake?
lake taupo it was formed by a volcano erupting
How did lake taupo become a lake?
Lake Taupo is volcanic in origin. Aorund 26,500 years ago the Taupo Volcano, which is a supervolcano, unleashed an eruption far larger than any seen in recorded history.The eruption drained a vast quantity of molten rock from the magma chamber below, causing the ground to collapse into a depression called a caldera. Water from rivers in the area then filled the depression, forming a lake.
What is the town beside Lake Taupo?
Taupo
What lake is in the center of the north island?
Lake Taupo (Taupo Nui A Tia).
What is the area of lake taupo?
Lake Taupo has an area of approx 616 sq km.
Is mt taupo dormant or active or extinct?
Mt Taupo is a dormant volcanoe
