🎰 Rotorua Caldera

New Zealand · Oceania · 38.08°S, 176.27°E

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 occurred in the caldera since, the most recent less than 25,000 years ago. It is one of several large volcanoes in the Taupō Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	38.08°S, 176.27°E · view on map

Rotorua Caldera is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

More calderas in New Zealand

Ōkāreka Embayment · Ōkataina Caldera · Omanawa Caldera · Puhipuhi Embayment · Rotoiti Caldera · Rotomā Caldera · Tauranga Volcanic Centre.

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