Volcanic eruption
See 2500 BCE on the mapEruption of Taupo
2500 BCE · 38.78° S, 175.89° E
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
- 2500 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 38.78° S, 175.89° E
- Vei
- 3
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- 3 km SW of Motutaiko Island
- Unit
- Unit R
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 241070
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page