Lake Tarawera is the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Ōkataina Caldera. It is located 18
Lake Tarawera
The deep blue of Lake Tarawera on a fine day.
Lake Tarawera, with Mount Tarawera standing behind it
Steam rising from Hot Water Beach, Te Rata Bay, as viewed from Tarawera Track
Ōkataina Caldera is a volcanic caldera and its associated volcanoes located in Taupō Volcanic Zone of New Zealand's North Island. It has several actual or postulated sub calderas. The Ōkataina Caldera
Lake Tarawera
…the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Ōkataina Caldera. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the east of Rotorua, and beneath the peaks of the Tarawera massif i.e. Wahanga, Ruawahia, Tarawera and Koa…
Okataina Volcanic Centre relationships to other nearby volcanic and tectonic structures
The 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera, depicted in this contemporary painting by Charles Blomfield, is the most recent major eruption from the Ōkataina Caldera.