Volcano profile

New Zealand

Taupo.

Volcano profile for Taupo in New Zealand, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Caldera
Elevation
760 m
Last documented eruption
260
Coordinates
-38.7811°, 175.893°
GVP number
241070

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No current eruption report

New Zealand

Taupo

Caldera

Elevation
760 m
Last documented eruption
260
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-38.7811°, 175.893°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Taupo Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
241070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Taupo · New Zealand

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
260Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
15 Mar 233Uncertain datingNot available?6Confirmed eruption
200 BCEUncertain datingNot available+4Confirmed eruption
800 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1010 BCEUncertain datingNot available+4Confirmed eruption
1050 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1250 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
1460 BCEUncertain datingNot available6Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Taupo · No current eruption report · 760 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Taupo AirportNew Zealand · TUO · NZAP
    17.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Rotorua Regional AirportNew Zealand · ROT · NZRO
    83.3 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

TaupoNew Zealand · 19.8 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC