Okataina Volcanic Centre

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Okataina Volcanic Centre is a highly active rhyolitic volcanic complex in New Zealand’s central North Island, known for explosive eruptions and large caldera-forming events.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Okataina Volcanic Centre canonical 2
Okataina volcanic centre 1
Taupō Volcanic Zone arc 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
rhyolitic volcanic complex
volcanic centre
country New Zealand
eruptionFrequency highly active in Holocene
eruptionStyle Plinian
explosive
sub-Plinian
geologicalAge Quaternary
hasFeature caldera
crater lakes
ignimbrite sheets
lava dome complexes
maar craters
pyroclastic flow deposits
hasLanguageName Māori
hasSubfeature Haroharo volcanic complex
Lake Okataina
Lake Rotoiti
Lake Tarawera
Okareka Embayment
Rotoiti caldera
Lake Rotomahana
surface form: Rotomahana

Mount Tarawera
surface form: Tarawera volcanic complex
hazardType ash fall
caldera-forming eruptions
lahars
lava domes
pyroclastic flows
lastEruptionFrom Mount Tarawera
lastEruptionType rhyolitic fissure eruption
lastEruptionVEI 5
lastEruptionYear 1886
locatedIn North Island
Taupō Volcanic Zone
central North Island
monitoredBy GNS Science
GeoNet
namedAfter Lake Okataina
near Rotorua
notableEruption Mount Tarawera
surface form: 1886 Tarawera eruption

Earthquake Flat eruption
Matahina eruption
surface form: Kawerau eruption

Matahina eruption
Rotoiti eruption
partOf Taupō Volcanic Zone
region Bay of Plenty Region
subductionOf Pacific Plate
tectonicPlate Australian Plate
tectonicSetting back-arc extensional zone
volcanicRockType rhyolite

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand volcanic zones hasPart Okataina Volcanic Centre
Mount Ruapehu partOf Okataina Volcanic Centre
this entity surface form: Taupō Volcanic Zone arc
Lake Taupō calderaOf Okataina Volcanic Centre
this entity surface form: Taupō Volcano
Taupō geothermal area associatedWith Okataina Volcanic Centre
this entity surface form: Taupō volcano
Taupō geothermal area associatedWith Okataina Volcanic Centre
this entity surface form: Okataina volcanic centre
Bay of Plenty Region containsVolcanicFeature Okataina Volcanic Centre