New Zealand - Waikato
- Aerial view of Taupo
- #7 of 8
- 1968
Lake Taupo
- A lake in the North Island
- In the caldera of the Taupo Volcano
- A surface area: 616 square kilometres
- The largest lake by surface area in New Zealand
- The second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray in Papua New Guinea
Taupō
- A town on the shore of Lake Taupo
- The seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region
- Has a population of 23,900 (June 2019)
- In 1953, Taupo was officially constituted as a borough
- The 20th largest urban area in New Zealand
- The second-largest in the Waikato Region
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Image source: LINZ CC-BY 3.0
Sourced from https://retrolens.co.nz/
Date taken: 26/02/1968 Survey Number: SN2081
Copyright: Crown Elevation: 14300
Run Number: B Photo Number: 1 Scale: 7100