Lava dome · Waikato Region

Tauhara

1,088 m3,570 ft

Prominence: 503 m1,650 ft
Isolation: 31 km
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW

Tauhara is a 1,088 m (3,570 ft) lava dome in Waikato Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,088 m · 3,570 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pihanga (1,326 m)
Region: Waikato Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 38.6943° S, 176.1632° E

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3D map

Tauhara 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tauhara terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Tauhara elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tauhara weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 6 / 15°C (43 / 59°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW

Tauhara forecast for the summit, about 1,088 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 337 m.

Today6°15°–19 km/h NWBase 10 / 19°
Sun5°13°–22 km/h WBase 10 / 18°
Mon6°13°1.1 mm25 km/h NWBase 10 / 17°
Tue5°11°4.6 mm28 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
Wed3°10°0.5 mm22 km/h WBase 7 / 14°
Thu5°11°2.0 mm29 km/h WBase 10 / 16°
Fri4°10°–29 km/h SWBase 9 / 15°
Sat5°12°–17 km/h WBase 9 / 16°
Sun5°12°2.3 mm16 km/h NBase 9 / 16°
Mon6°14°9.2 mm27 km/h NBase 10 / 18°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

65.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.7%

Steep, 30–45°

5.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 6.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 747 m low point 337 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.8%Grassland 45.9%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 224 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia25
New Zealand Broadleaf21
Nehenehe15
Umbrella fern13
Bush snowberry12
Mountain Horopito11

Where it sits

Where Tauhara sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Tikitapu / Blue Lake418 m57 km NNE

Downloads

Tauhara downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTauhara satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,083 m at the summit; the official height is 1,088 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,088 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,083 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,074 m	-14 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-03-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia