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
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 0 · More about the VEI
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

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
260Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
15 Mar 233Uncertain datingNot available6?Confirmed eruption
200 BCEUncertain datingNot available4+Confirmed eruption
800 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1010 BCEUncertain datingNot available4+Confirmed eruption
1050 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1250 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
1460 BCEUncertain datingNot available6Confirmed eruption
2500 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2600 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
2800 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2850 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2900 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
3070 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
3120 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
3170 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
3420 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
4000 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
4100 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
4700 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
5100 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
8130 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
9210 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
9240 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
9460 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Taupo · No current eruption report · 760 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

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: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

TaupoNew Zealand · 19.8 km

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

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC