Eruption of Okataina

When

23 Feb 1978

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Coordinates

38.16° S, 176.51° E

Vei

1

Vent

Waimangu (Raupo Pond, Inferno Crater)

Dated by

Observations: Reported

Volcano number

241050

Eruption number

14525

Volcanic caldera in New Zealand

Ōkataina Caldera is a volcanic caldera and its associated volcanoes located in Taupō Volcanic Zone of New Zealand's North Island. It has several actual or postulated sub calderas. The Ōkataina Caldera is just east of the smaller separate Rotorua Caldera and southwest of the much smaller Rotomā Embayment, which is usually regarded as an associated volcano.

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