Taupō Rift
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The Taupō Rift is the seismically active rift valley containing the Taupō Volcanic Zone, central North Island of New Zealand.
Intra-arc continental rifts North Island, New Zealand. Red approximately delineates the active modern Taupō Rift, yellow the inactive old Taupō Rift, and purple the still active Hauraki Rift. The rifts intersect in an area where volcanic deposits over 2 million years have buried non active fault systems. There is very complex active normal faulting in the Taupō Rift aligned mainly (apart from at the inland termination of the rift) with the rift alignment.
Taupō Volcanic Zone
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The Taupō Volcanic Zone is a volcanic area in the North Island of New Zealand. It has been active for at least the past two million years and is still highly active.
Taupō Rift
…The Taupō Rift is the seismically active rift valley containing the Taupō Volcanic Zone, central North Island of New Zealand. The Taupō Rift (Taupo Rift) is a 300 km (190 mi) intra-arc continental rift resulting from an oblique convergence…
Volcano and historic lake/caldera locations in the Taupō Volcanic Zone. The distance between the town of Rotorua and the town of Taupō is 80 km. (White Island is not shown.)
Mount Ngauruhoe
Whakaari / White Island
Lady Knox Geyser, Waiotapu geothermal area