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.
lake taupo it was formed by a volcano erupting
Yes, Lake Taupo is a volcano.
Taupo
Lake Taupo (Taupo Nui A Tia).
Lake Taupo has an area of approx 616 sq km.
No. Lake Taupo is in the caldera of a highly explosive supervolcano.
Lake Taupo is the largest lake in New Zealand (616 km squared) Lake Taupo in the north islandLake Benmore, in Canturbury, at 75 square kilometers.
Apparently the first person to discover it was called Tia and Taupo is an abbrevitation of Taupo-Nui-a-Tia, aka The Great Cloak of Tia!
Mt Taupo is a dormant volcanoe
Lake Taupo is situated in the central North Island.
Tia is the name of the Maori explorer who discovered Lake Taupo and gave it its full name, Taupo Nui a Tia (The Great Cloak of Tia).
Taupo is a town by Lake Taupo near the centre of the North Island of New Zealand.