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Mount Tongariro (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə r ɪr oʊ /; Māori: [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]) is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest of Lake Taupō , and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island.
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The Ngaere swamp complex was a wetland complex in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. It was drained in the 1890s to make way for agriculture, [1] [2] [3] and is now largely covered by the settlements of Ngaere and Eltham. [4] Lake Rotokare is the largest extant remnant of the swamp complex, [5] which covered 1,416 hectares (3,500 acres). [6]
This category lists locations and geographical features found in Tongariro National Park in the central North Island of New Zealand Pages in category "Tongariro National Park" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Like the whole of New Zealand, Tongariro National Park is situated in a temperate zone. The prevailing westerly winds gather water over the Tasman Sea. Apart from Mount Taranaki, the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park are the first significant elevations that these westerly winds encounter across the central North Island. Rain falls almost daily.
Chateau Tongariro, New Zealand with Mount Ruapehu in the background January 2014 (midsummer) Date: 4 January 2014, 10:21: Source: Tongariro, New Zealand: Author:
National Park is a small town on the North Island Central Plateau in New Zealand. Also known as National Park Village, it is the highest urban township in New Zealand, at 825 metres. The village has great views of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy), and Mount Ruapehu.
The Emerald Lakes (Māori: Ngarotopounamu, lit. 'Pounamu-hued lakes' [2]) are a group of small lakes in Tongariro National Park, named for their distinctive colour.The lakes are the result of water filling explosion craters near the summit of Mount Tongariro, with the colour coming from minerals dissolved from the surrounding landscape, particularly calcium carbonate.