# Rotorua Caldera

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Coordinates:** -38.080000, 176.270000
- **Type:** Caldera
- **Width:** 22 km
- **Region:** Bay of Plenty
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Location:** North Island
- **Elevation M:** 757
- **Last Eruption:** < 25,000 years ago
- **Volcanic Zone:** Taupō Volcanic Zone

The Rotorua Caldera is a large rhyolitic caldera that is filled by Lake Rotorua. It was formed by an eruption 240,000 years ago that produced extensive pyroclastic deposits. Smaller eruptions have occurred in the caldera since, the most recent less than 25,000 years ago. It is one of several large volcanoes in the Taupō Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand.

![Photo of Rotorua Caldera](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Rotorua.Caldera.Mount.Tarawera.JPG)

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