Lake Taupo

Lake Taupo is a lake within the North Island of New Zealand. It is within the caldera of the Taupo Volcano. With a floor area of 616 rectangular kilometers it's miles the most important lake through surface location in New Zealand, and the second one biggest freshwater lake through floor area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray in Papua New Guinea. Motutaiko Island lies within the south east vicinity of the lake. Lake Taupo has a perimeter of about 193 kilometers and a deepest factor of 186 metres. It is drained via the Waikato River and its main tributaries are the Waitahanui River, the Tongariro River, and the Tauranga Taupo River.

It is a referred to trout fishery with stocks of brought brown and rainbow trout. Lake Taupo is in a caldera created through a supervolcanic eruption which passed off about 26,500 years in the past. According to geological data, the volcano has erupted 28 instances within the remaining 27,000 years. It has ejected in the main rhyolitic lava, despite the fact that Mount Tauhara fashioned from dacitic lava.