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Yet, the lake is the crater of a giant super volcano, and within its depths lies the unsettling history of this picturesque marvel. A supervolcano in New Zealand is 800 years overdue for an eruption.

Scientists are keeping the official alert level of New Zealand’s best-known super-volcano slightly raised, as another quake beneath Taupo signals an unrest period still rumbling on. Image ...

Taupō volcano, which is a supervolcano situated underneath New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupō, had its Volcanic Alert Level (VAL) increased from 0 to 1 on September 20. Level 1 indicates ...

Lake Taupō, a serene water body located at the centre of New Zealand's north island actually sits within a prehistoric caldera, or a large volcanic crater. This crater was formed after the Earth ...

New Zealand, about 26,500 years ago." Volcanologists don't see any imminent super-eruptions on the horizon. But, thankfully, the volcanoes will show signs well before the event. We'll have plenty ...

is the largest in New Zealand. Brimming beneath its serene surface is something much more destructive, however: one of the world's most hazardous volcanoes. And ominously, scientists say the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, launched an appeal on Tuesday against their criminal conviction for ...

New Zealand officials have raised the aviation alert code for the offshore volcano Whakaari/White Island, which is emitting large steam and gas plumes and occasionally ash. “The volcano is not ...

Taupō Volcanic Zone (New Zealand) Size: The caldera lake spans 616 square kilometers. Potential Damage and Power: The Oruanui eruption 26,500 years ago was the largest eruption in the last 70,000 ...

According to the New Zealand Crown Research Institutes, it covered areas more than 100km away with of pyroclastic flow. Today, the Taupo super volcano remains active, and is now 800 years overdue ...

Yet, the lake is the crater of a giant super volcano, and within its depths lies the unsettling history of this picturesque marvel. Watch the full documentary Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip on BBC ...