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Reporoa Caldera

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Mountain type
  
Elevation
  
592 m

Last eruption
  
1180 (?)

Reporoa Caldera wwwvolcanolivecomreporoa3jpg

Location
  
Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Similar
  
Rotorua Caldera, Taupo Volcano, Macauley Island, Pihanga, Island Park Caldera

The Reporoa Caldera is a 10 km by 15 km caldera in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone. It formed some 230,000 years ago, in a large eruption that deposited the approximately 100 km3 Kaingaroa Ignimbrites. It contains three rhyolitic lava domes (Deer Hill, Kairuru and Pukekahu) and the active Reporoa geothermal field. The Waiotapu geothermal area is just north of the caldera rim, and the Broadlands thermal area is to the south. The Waikato River runs through the southern half of the caldera.

In April 2005, a large hydrothermal explosion occurred in a cow paddock within the caldera, creating a 50-metre crater. A similar explosion happened in the area in 1948, and smaller explosions have happened in the years between.

References

Reporoa Caldera Wikipedia


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