New Zealand - Waikato - Aerial view of Taupo - #2 of 5 - 1961 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 --------------------- Image source: LINZ CC-BY 3.0 Sourced from https://retrolens.co.nz/ Date taken: 30/08/1961 Survey Number: SN1372 Copyright: Crown Elevation: 6720 Run Number: F Photo Number: 17 Scale: 9700