The Rotorua Caldera is a large rhyolitic caldera that is filled by Lake Rotorua. It was formed by an eruption 240,000 years ago that produced extensive pyroclastic deposits. Smaller eruptions have occ
NASA image of the caldera. The town of Rotorua is south of the lake that fills much of the apparently circular caldera. The caldera is a more complex shape with areas of collapse and the Tikitere Graben at its outlet. Mount Tarawera is in the lower right corner south east of the caldera and it and the lakes to the east are features of the adjacent active Ōkataina Caldera. The eruption products are thickest towards the north east.
Downtown Rotorua, Lake Rotorua, and Mokoia Island
The Horohoro Fault is in the old Taupō Rift of the central North Island of New Zealand and is associated with the spectacular Horohoro Cliffs.
Horohoro Cliffs formed by the fault (view is from the air towards the west above south western edge of the Kapenga Caldera).
The inactive southern portion (red dots) and active northern portion (red line) of the Horohoro Fault in the old Taupō Rift (light yellow shading), North Island, New Zealand. Other relevant geology is shown to reflect the controversy relating to the fault. The possible outline in white of the Ohakuri Caldera at the southern end with surrounding Ohakuri ignimbrite (yellow) is shown. The modern Taupō Rift (light red shading) and Hauraki Rift (light purple shading) are shown for context. Landmarks such as