MAP
Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922: Sketch map of the Tarawera area following the eruption of 1886
- Date
- 1886
- By
- Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Keam, Ronald Frank, 1932-2019
- Reference
- MapColl-r832.18cba/1886/Acc.57114
- Description
Topographical manuscript sketch map by Stephenson Percy Smith showing the topography and contours in the area around Mount Tarawera following the eruption in 1886.
Untitled map shows a scale bar, hachures, and spot heights in feet, with bodies of water outlined in blue.
Labels on the map include:
- Waikorua Earthquake Flat
- Pareheru
- Maungaongaonga
- Ngarewa
- Green Lake
- Blue Lake
- Waiotapu
- Old Crater
- Maunga Kakaramea
- Te Kumete
- Black Terrace Crater [shown as lake]
- The Pinnacles
- Te Hapeotoroa
- Echo Lake Crater
- Black Crater
- Kaingaroa Plains
- Conical Hill [annotated in pencil]
Also "Plain with gentle slope to the west" and two waterways marked as "Water course".
TItle supplied by LIbrary.
Quantity: 1 map(s) rolled for storage.
Physical Description: Ink, pencil, and blue watercolour on starched linen, 109 x 130.5 cm.
Provenance: From the estate of Ron Keam.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 map(s) rolled for storage, Manuscript maps, Topographic maps, Ink, pencil, and blue watercolour on starched linen, 109 x 130.5 cm.
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