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TAUPO , a township of See also:

East Taupo See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, in the See also:

south-See also:

west of the Hot See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

North See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island. It attracts many visitors both as a See also:

HEALTH

health resort and on See also:

account of the magnificent scenery and remarkable volcanic phenomena of the surrounding district. It lies on the north-east See also:

SHORE

shore of See also:

lake Taupo, the largest lake in the island, having an extreme length of 26 m. and a shore-See also:

LINE

line, not counting See also:

minor indentations, of about too m., and lying 1200 ft. above See also:

sea-level. The See also:

RIVER

river Waikato, which reaches the west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast not far from Manukau See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour near See also:

Auckland, here leaves the lake. The district abounds in geysers, springs, mud volcanoes and other phenomena; some of the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters have petrifying See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, and some of the springs are vividly coloured. On the road See also:

RUNNING

running N.E. to See also:

ROTORUA

Rotorua (56 m.) are the resorts of Weirakei m.) and Ateamuri (31 m.). Lake Taupo is finely situated, hills rising over 2000 ft. immediately from the shores, while the mountains of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, an active See also:

VOLCANO

volcano, and Ruapehu, a See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-clad See also:

PEAK, THE

peak, back the view to the south and See also:

mark the limit of the See also:

GREAT

great volcanic line which extends 16o m. north-westward to See also:

White Island in the See also:

BAY

Bay of Plenty. The upper Waikato enters the lake from the south near Tokaano, where there is another collection of springs, &c. The river forms several See also:

FINE

fine falls and rapids below the lake.

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