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Story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

White Terrace

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White Terrace

White Terrace, on the edge of the Lake Rotomahana, was one of the most spectacular sinter terraces in the world. This photograph was taken before it was buried in the 1886 Tarawera eruption.

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Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Hot springs and related features, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6491/white-terrace (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carol Stewart, published 2 March 2009.