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The Southern Lakes is an unofficial name given to an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. Despite being an unofficial designation, the term Southern Lakes is sometimes used by organisations such as the New Zealand Meteorological Service [ 1 ] and Automobile Association. [ 2 ]
Largest lake in New Zealand; second-largest freshwater lake in Oceania: 2: Lake Te Anau: 344 km 2 (133 sq mi) Southland: Largest lake in the South Island: 3: Lake Wakatipu: 291 km 2 (112 sq mi) Otago: Longest lake in New Zealand (80 kilometres (50 mi)) 4: Lake Wānaka: 192 km 2 (74 sq mi) Otago: 5: Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora: 180 km 2 (69 sq ...
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
Lake Wakatipu (Māori: Whakatipu Waimāori) is an inland lake (finger lake) in the South Island of New Zealand. It is in the southwest corner of the Otago region, near its boundary with Southland . Lake Wakatipu comes from the original Māori name Whakatipu wai-māori .
Lake Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand (the others are Lake Pukaki and Lake Ōhau). It covers an area of 83 km 2 (32 sq mi) and is at an altitude of 710 m (2,330 ft) above sea level.
The power house is in a cavern, while two tailrace tunnels take the water from the power house 10 km (6 mi) to Deep Cove and the sea. The Manapouri Control Structure (Mararoa dam) downstream from the original outlet of Lake Manapouri controls the lake level, and feeds water from the Mararoa river back up the river into the Lake.
Mavora Lakes is a protected area in the South Island of New Zealand consisting of two lakes: North Mavora and South Mavora. The lakes are drained by the Mararoa River.The area is managed by the Department of Conservation, and is part of Te Wahipounamu, a World Heritage Area.
Lake Pukaki (Māori: Pūkaki) [4] [5] [6] is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ōhau. All three lakes were formed when the terminal moraines of receding glaciers blocked their respective valleys ...