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Mount Tarawera

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Alternative names: Last eruption: 1886Elevation: 3645 ftCoordinates: 38°13'0"S, 176°31'1"E
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Bay of PlentyNew Zealand

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Mount Tarawera – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tarawera Falls, Lake Rotomahana, Lake Tarawera, Lake Rerewhakaaitu.

  • tarawera falls kawerau3.7 miN
    Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

    Tarawera Falls, Kawerau

    95 min walk • Tarawera Falls is a 65 m high waterfall on the Tarawera River in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island. The Tarawera River flows out of Lake Tarawera and across a rhyolitic lava flow that erupted from Mt Tarawera about 11,000 years ago.

  • lake rotomahana5.2 miSW
    Large wildlife refuge with black swans

    Lake Rotomahana

    133 min walk • Lake Rotomahana is an 800-hectare lake in northern New Zealand, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Rotorua. It is immediately south-west of the dormant volcano Mount Tarawera, and its geography was substantially altered by a major 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.

  • lake tarawera4.8 miW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

    Lake Tarawera

    123 min walk • Lake Tarawera is the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Okataina caldera. It is located 18 kilometres to the east of Rotorua, and beneath the peaks of the Tarawera massif i.e. Wahanga, Ruawahia, Tarawera and Koa.

  • lake rerewhakaaitu5.5 miS
    Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

    Lake Rerewhakaaitu

    141 min walk • Lake Rerewhakaaitu is a small, shallow lake in northern New Zealand, located 30 kilometres to the east of Rotorua. It is immediately south of the active volcano Mount Tarawera, and the geography was substantially altered by a major eruption in 1886.

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