LAKE TAUPŌ

FACTS

• Lake Taupō is the biggest lake in new zealand.
• The volcano exploded out pumice and ash 200 metres deep.
• The eruption happened 70,000 years ago.
• The first eruption was 300,000 years ago.
• The volcano is 30 kilometres wide.

MORE FACTS

• Lake Taupō,s eruption is thee biggest in the last 70,000 years
• Did you know red sky occours after a volcano erupts.
• You can still see the white ash as far east as the chatham islands.
• The latest eruption occurred in around 200 AD.
• The explotion emptied the lake and the ash covered 20,000 square kilometres.