Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo is a lake situated in the North Island of New Zealand.
Latitude and longitude of Turangi
Satellite map of Turangi
Turangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It was built to accommodate the workers associated with the Tongariro hydro-electric power development project and their families. The town was designed to remain as a small servicing centre for the exotic forest plantations south of Lake Taupo and for tourists. It is well known for its trout fishing and calls itself "The trout fishing capital of the world".
Population: 3,401
Latitude: -38° 59' 25.33" S
Longitude: 175° 48' 30.13" E
Articles of interest in Turangi
32 Articles of interest near Turangi, New Zealand
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Lake Taupo, in the centre of New Zealand’s North Island, is the caldera of a large rhyolitic volcano.
Mount Tongariro
Mount Tongariro (/ˈtɒŋɡəˌrɛ.roʊ/; Māori pronunciation: [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]) is a compound volcano in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand.
North Island Volcanic Plateau
The North Island Volcanic Plateau (often called the Central Plateau and occasionally the Waimarino Plateau) is a volcanic plateau covering much of central North Island of New Zealand with volcanoes, lava plateaus, and crater lakes.
Whanganui River
The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. On 30 August 2012, an agreement was reached that entitled the Whanganui River to a legal identity, a first in the world.
Raurimu Spiral
The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre (456 ft) height difference, in the central North Island of New Zealand, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway. It is a notable feat of civi…
National Park, New Zealand
National Park is a small town on the central plateau of the North Island of New Zealand. Also known as National Park Village it is the highest urban township in New Zealand at 825 metres. As the name suggests, it borders the World Heritage Tongariro…
Chateau Tongariro
Chateau Tongariro is a New Zealand hotel and resort complex.
Tongariro River
The Tongariro River is a river in the North Island of New Zealand. The part of the Waikato River from the Waihohonu Stream, down to Lake Taupo, was formally named the Tongariro River in 1945. The river originates in the Central Plateau of the North …
Pihanga
Mount Pihanga is a 1325m volcanic peak in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, located to the north of Mount Tongariro, between Tongariro and Lake Taupo. Lake Rotoaira lies immediately to the west of Pihanga, and the smaller Lake Rotopounamu is at the…
Owhango
Owhango is a small town in New Zealand situated about 20 km south of Taumarunui on State Highway 4 (SH4).
Kakahi, New Zealand
Kakahi is a small village about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui in New Zealand.
Waihi Village
Waihi Village, also known as Little Waihi, is a small Māori community of around 25 households. on the southwestern shores of Lake Taupo seven kilometres northwest of Turangi, New Zealand. It has been the site of three major landslides, in 1910, 1846…
Tama Lakes
The Tama Lakes are two crater lakes in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park.
Lake Rotopounamu
Lake Rotopounamu is a secluded lake in the Pihanga Scenic Reserve, in the Tongariro National Park in New Zealand's Central North Island. It lies at the northwest foot of Mt Pihanga, and was formed by a landslide around 10,000 years ago. The lake is …
Lake Rotoaira
Lake Rotoaira (sometimes written Lake Roto-aira) is a small lake to the south of Lake Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand.
Whakapapa River
The Whakapapa River in New Zealand trickles off the Whakapapa skifield of Mount Ruapehu, down the western slopes of the mountain through Owhango before finally merging with the Whanganui River just east of Kakahi at (38°55.92′S175°24.5′E).
Pukawa
Pūkawa / Pūkawa Bay is a bay and a small township on the western shores of Lake Taupo in New Zealand. It is off State Highway 41 between Turangi and Taumarunui.