What is Lake Taupo?
{{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Taupo | image = Lake Taupo.jpg | caption = |pushpin_map=North Island | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Taupo District]], [[Waikato]] region, [[North Island]] | coords = {{Coord|38|48|25|S|175|54|28|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Volcanic crater lake|Crater lake]], [[oligotroph]]ic | inflow = [[Waitahanui River]], [[Tongariro River]], [[Tauranga Taupo River]] | outflow = [[Waikato River]] | catchment = {{convert|3487|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = [[New Zealand]] | length = {{convert|46|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|616|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|110|m|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|186|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = {{convert|59|km3|cumi|abbr=on}} | residence_time = 10.5 years | shore = {{convert|193|km|mi|abbr=on}} | elevation = {{convert|356|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.govt.nz/Lake-Taupo-Lake-Levels|title=Lake levels|publisher=[[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Te Tari Taiwhenua {{!}} Department of Internal Affairs]]|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> | islands = [[Motutaiko Island]] (11&nbsp;[[hectares|ha]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/volunteer-join-or-start-a-project/start-or-fund-a-project/funding/nga-whenua-rahui/nga-whenua-rahui-fund/featured-projects/motutaiko-island/|title=Motutaiko Island: Current Nga Whenua Rahui and Matauranga Kura Taiao projects|publisher=Department of Conservation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304231419/http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/volunteer-join-or-start-a-project/start-or-fund-a-project/funding/nga-whenua-rahui/nga-whenua-rahui-fund/featured-projects/motutaiko-island/|archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Cussen | first1 = Laurence | author-link = Laurence Cussen | year = 1887 | title = Notes on the Physiography and Geology of the King Country | url = http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_20/rsnz_20_00_006