Western Shore Lake Taupo

Western Shore Lake Taupo
Keith Townshend 2005
Oil on Canvas 200x200mm

This painting features Lake Taupo. The center of New Zealand's North Island is dominated by three volcanoes and New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupo. Lake Taupo was formed by a series of at least five volcanic explosions spanning 27,000 years, and with the most recent having been in 186A.D.