Volcanic eruption
See 1846 on the mapEruption of Taupo
7 May 1846 · New Zealand
Lake Taupō, in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, fills the caldera of the Taupō Volcano, a large rhyolitic supervolcano. This huge volcano has produced two of the world's most powerful eruptions in geologically recent times.
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What the records say
- When
- 7 May 1846
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 38.78° S, 175.89° E
- Deaths
- 63
- Volcano type
- Caldera
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page