Mountain

Maunga Kākaramea

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Maunga Kākaramea

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Maunga Kākaramea (also known officially as Rainbow Mountain) is a 743 metres (2, 438 ft) high dacite volcano located between Rotorua and Taupō in the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It has multiple steaming features and a picturesque crater lake reached by a short walk from the nearest road and has a nearby geothermal area.

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