Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, from the Bay of Plenty coast to Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and Ruapehu (at bottom of picture). Also shows Lake Taupo and the Rotorua Lakes. This scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on October 23, 2002
Annotations based on: Hiess J, Cole JW, Spinks KD (2007), High-Alumina Basalts of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Influence of the Crust and Crustal Structure [1]; Krippner SJP, Briggs RM, Wilson CJN, Cole JW (1998), Petrography and geochemistry of lithic fragments in ignimbrites from the Mangakino Volcanic Centre: implications for the composition of the subvolcanic crust in western Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand; New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Vol. 41: 187-199 [2]archive copy at the Wayback Machine; Newhall, Christopher G.; Dzurisin, Daniel (1988), Historical unrest at large calderas of the world, USGS Bulletin 1855, p. 1108 [3]archive copy at the Wayback Machine; Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-), Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions, Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 [4]archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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2007-08-24T00:20:45Z Kahuroa 616x864 (505144 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description=Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, from the Bay of Plenty coast to Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and Ruapehu (at bottom of picture). Also shows Lake Taupo and the Rotorua Lakes.