Green Lake (Raoul Island)
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Green Lake is one of two tiny crater lakes on Raoul Island
in the Kermadec Islands
, the other being Blue Lake. It covers an area of about 0.5 km². It erupted on 17 March 2006, killing Department of Conservation worker Mark Kearney, who was there taking lake temperature measurements.
Raoul Island
Anvil-shaped Raoul Island , the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, , has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past several thousand years that was dominated by dacitic explosive eruptions.The area of the island, including fringing islets and rocks...
in the Kermadec Islands
Kermadec Islands
The Kermadec Islands are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga...
, the other being Blue Lake. It covers an area of about 0.5 km². It erupted on 17 March 2006, killing Department of Conservation worker Mark Kearney, who was there taking lake temperature measurements.
See also
- Raoul Island: 2006 eruption