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Kapenga Caldera, the Glossary

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The Kapenga Caldera (also known as the Kapenda Volcanic Centre) in New Zealand’s Taupō Volcanic Zone lies in a low land area immediately south of Lake Rotorua through the Hemo Gap in the Rotorua Caldera rim.[1]

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  1. 24 relations: Ōkataina Caldera, Ōkāreka Embayment, Caldera, Horohoro Fault, Ignimbrite, Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty), Lake Rotorua, Maroa Caldera, Mount Tarawera, New Zealand, Ngakuru Graben, North Island, Ohakuri Caldera, Paeroa Fault, Rhyolite, Rotorua Caldera, State Highway 5 (New Zealand), Taupō Fault Belt, Taupō Rift, Taupō Volcanic Zone, Tauranga, Tauriko, Tokoroa, Waikato.

  2. Calderas of New Zealand
  3. Rift volcanoes

Ōkataina Caldera

Ōkataina Caldera (Ōkataina Volcanic Centre, also spelled Okataina) is a volcanic caldera and its associated volcanoes located in Taupō Volcanic Zone of New Zealand's North Island. Kapenga Caldera and Ōkataina Caldera are calderas of New Zealand, Pleistocene calderas, rift volcanoes and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Ōkāreka Embayment

The Ōkāreka Embayment (also spelled Okareka or Ōkareka) is a volcanic feature in Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Ōkāreka Embayment are calderas of New Zealand, rift volcanoes and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption.

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Horohoro Fault

The Horohoro Fault is in the old Taupō Rift of the central North Island of New Zealand and is associated with the spectacular Horohoro cliffs. Kapenga Caldera and Horohoro Fault are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Ignimbrite

Ignimbrite is a type of volcanic rock, consisting of hardened tuff.

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Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty)

Lake Rotoiti is a lake in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.

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Lake Rotorua

Lake Rotorua (Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe) is the second largest lake in the North Island of New Zealand by surface area, and covers 79.8 km2. Kapenga Caldera and lake Rotorua are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Maroa Caldera

The Maroa Caldera (Maroa Volcanic Centre) is approximately in size and is located in the north-east corner of the earlier Whakamaru caldera in the Taupō Volcanic Zone in the North Island of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Maroa Caldera are calderas of New Zealand, Pleistocene calderas, rift volcanoes and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Mount Tarawera

Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Kapenga Caldera and Mount Tarawera are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Ngakuru Graben

The Ngakuru Graben is an area of tectonic ground subsiding as originally defined between the Ngakuru Fault to the east and the Whirinaki Fault in the west both in the Taupō Fault Belt. Kapenga Caldera and Ngakuru Graben are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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North Island

The North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui, 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Ohakuri Caldera

The Ohakuri Caldera (also Ōhakuri Caldera) was formed in a paired single event eruption of Ohakuri ignimbrite and is located in the Taupō Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Ohakuri Caldera are calderas of New Zealand, Pleistocene calderas and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Paeroa Fault

The Paeroa Fault is a seismically active area in the Taupō District, Waikato Region of the central North Island of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Paeroa Fault are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Rhyolite

Rhyolite is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks.

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Rotorua Caldera

The Rotorua Caldera is a large rhyolitic caldera that is filled by Lake Rotorua. Kapenga Caldera and Rotorua Caldera are calderas of New Zealand, Pleistocene calderas and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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State Highway 5 (New Zealand)

State Highway 5 (SH 5), one of New Zealand's eight national highways, runs from State Highway 1 at Tīrau, in the south Waikato, to State Highway 2, close to the Hawkes Bay coast at Bay View, 10 km north of Napier.

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Taupō Fault Belt

The Taupō Fault Belt contains many almost parallel active faults, and is located in the Taupō Rift of the central North Island of New Zealand geographically between Lake Taupō and the lakes of Rotorua, Tarawera, Rotomahana and Rerewhakaaitu. Kapenga Caldera and Taupō Fault Belt are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Taupō Rift

The Taupō Rift is the seismically active rift valley containing the Taupō Volcanic Zone, central North Island of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Taupō Rift are Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Taupō Volcanic Zone

The Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is a volcanic area in the North Island of New Zealand. Kapenga Caldera and Taupō Volcanic Zone are rift volcanoes.

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Tauranga

Tauranga is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of, or roughly 3% of the national population.

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Tauriko

Tauriko is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Tokoroa

Tokoroa is the fourth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District.

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Waikato

Waikato is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand.

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See also

Calderas of New Zealand

Rift volcanoes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapenga_Caldera