Rotorua

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), New Zealand, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions

Kde

New Zealand, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Caldera

Nadmořská výška

757 m

Poloha

-38,080°, 176,270°

The 22-km-wide Rotorua caldera is the NW-most caldera of the Taupo volcanic zone. It is the only single-event caldera in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and was formed about 220,000 years ago following eruption of the more than 340 km3 rhyolitic Mamaku Ignimbrite. Although caldera collapse occurred in a single event, the process was complex and involved multiple collapse blocks. The major city of Rotorua lies at the south end of the lake that fills much of the caldera. Post-collapse eruptive activity, which ceased during the Pleistocene, was restricted to lava dome extrusion without major explosive activity. The youngest activity consisted of the eruption of three lava domes less than 25,000 years ago. The major thermal areas of Takeke, Tikitere, Lake Rotokawa, and Rotorua-Whakarewarewa are located within the caldera or outside its rim, and the city of Rotorua lies within and adjacent to active geothermal fields.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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