GVP volcano 241070 · no holder yet
Taupo
Taupo is a 760 m caldera in New Zealand, last erupted in 260 CE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 760 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 260 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 233 CE
- Eruptions
- 25 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.78°S 175.89°E · New Zealand
- Region
- Taupo Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 241070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).