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    • Map of Ōhakuri caldera
    Rights: Dr Darren Gravely Published 9 April 2010 Size: 180 KB Referencing Hub media

    Ōhakuri, the second caldera to explode, is located only 30 kilometres from Lake Rotorua. These two basins formed within days of each other.

    Acknowledgement:
    Geological Society of America, GSA Bulletin, January/February 2007

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