# Ōkataina Caldera

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Coordinates:** -38.166667, 176.500000
- **Type:** Caldera
- **Width:** 15 km
- **Access:** State Highway 5 (New Zealand)
- **Length:** 28 km
- **Region:** Bay of Plenty
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Location:** North Island
- **Other Name:** Ōkataina Volcanic Centre, Okataina Caldera, Okataina Volcanic Centre
- **Last Eruption:** 1886 Tarawera, 1973 hydrothermal in Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley
- **Volcanic Zone:** Taupō Volcanic Zone

The oldest eruptive sub caldera is called the Utu caldera and is located in the south central portion. The basement of this sub caldera is about below present ground level.

![Photo of Ōkataina Caldera](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Paeroa-Ngapouri-Rotomahana_Faults.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōkataina_Caldera (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)