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Encyclopedia Britannica



TAUPO

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 455 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SUS-TAV
TAUPO , a township of
East
  Taupo county, New Zealand, in the
south
 -west of the Hot
Spring
 
district
  of North
Island
 . It attracts many visitors both as a health resort and on account of the magnificent scenery and remarkable volcanic phenomena of the surrounding
district
 . It lies on the north-
east
  shore of lake Taupo, the largest lake in the
island
 , having an extreme length of 26 m. and a shore-line, not counting
minor
  indentations, of about too m., and lying 1200 ft. above sea-level. The river Waikato, which reaches the west
coast
  not far from Manukau Harbour near Auckland, here leaves the lake. The district abounds in geysers, springs, mud volcanoes and other phenomena; some of the waters have petrifying powers, and some of the springs are vividly coloured. On the road running N.E. to
Rotorua
  (56 m.) are the resorts of Weirakei m.) and Ateamuri (31 m.). Lake Taupo is finely situated, hills rising over 2000 ft. immediately from the shores, while the mountains of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, an active volcano, and Ruapehu, a snow-clad
peak
 , back the view to the
south
  and mark the limit of the
great
  volcanic line which extends 16o m. north-westward
to White Island in the Bay of Plenty. The upper Waikato enters the lake from the south near Tokaano, where there is another collection of springs, &c. The river forms several fine falls and rapids below the lake.


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