The Tarawera Setting Before 1886

Locate Mount Tarawera, Lake Rotomahana, and the former Pink and White Terraces on a map of New Zealand.

Describe the appearance and location of the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption.

Explain how geothermal water deposited silica to form the Pink and White Terraces.

Explain how subduction near the North Island contributes to volcanism in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

Use the terms magma, vent, fissure, ash, scoria, and geothermal activity correctly in descriptions of the Tarawera setting.