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Most New Zealand lakes are situated in New Zealand's South Island. The largest lake on this island is Lake Te
Anau (342 square kilometers/132 square miles).
The largest lake in New Zealand is Lake Taupo situated in the central North Island. It is 600 square kilometers and is really the crater of a super volcano. Once Taupo was a conical volcano. It blew itself apart and formed the lake we see today. Taupo holds the world record for the biggest eruption in the last 5000 years. Previous to that and in ancient times, Lake Taupo had a collosal eruption, the Earth's biggest in the last 70,000 years.
The Rotorua area in the North Island has over 30 lakes, some of them contain thermal areas.
New Zealand's deepest lake is Lake Hauroko (462m). It is the 16th deepest lake in the world.
New Zealand has 775 lakes (that are at least 0.5 kilometres long). Lakes cover about 1.3% of the land area.
The Maori word for lake is ‘roto’, and many lake names start with this. Some examples are: Rotoiti (small lake), Rotoroa (long lake), Rotomanu (lake of birds) and Rotomahana (warm lake).
Original versions of our photos can be purchased & web versions can be shared subject to conditions.