Orakei Korako

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Orakei Korako

Orakei Korako is an area of geothermal activity in New Zealand . The area is north of the city of Taupo on the banks of the Waikato River . Orakei Korako is located in the Taupo Volcanic Zone . It is also known as "The Hidden Valley". Two thirds of the geysers in Orakei Korako were flooded when the Ohakuri Dam was built in 1961.

literature

  • Terence Gordon: Hot Lakes, Volcanoes, and Geysers of New Zealand, with Legends. Dinwiddie, Walker, Napier NZ 1888.
  • EF Lloyd, WAJ Mahon, L Boielle: Geology and hot springs of Orakeikorako. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington 1972. ( New Zealand geological survey bulletin. 85).
  • KA Rodgers et al. a .: The steam condensate alteration mineralogy of Ruatapu cave, Orakei Korako geothermal field, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. In: Mineralogical Magazine. Vol. 64, 2000, pp. 125-142.
  • Go ahead for geothermal plant at Tahorakuri. NZPA, May 13, 2010 , Stuff.co.nz .

  • Ruatapu Cave

  • Orakei Korako

  • Rainbow Terrace

  • Artist's palette

Web links

Commons : Orakei Korako  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carolyn Bain et al. a .: New Zealand. 13th edition. Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria 2006, ISBN 1-74104-535-5 , pp. 293 and 308.
  2. ↑ Abstract , English.

Coordinates: 38 ° 28 ′ 24 ″  S , 176 ° 8 ′ 54 ″  E