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Lake Tekapo township as seen from the nearby Mount John University Observatory. Lake Tekapo (often known simply as Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) to avoid confusion with the lake itself) is a small township located at the southern end of the lake of the same name in the inland South Island of New Zealand.
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.
Lake Tekapo, 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; Lake Tekapo Airport, Non-Certificated Airport 1.5 nmi (1.7 mi; 2.8 km) west of Lake Tekapo township in the Mackenzie District of the South Island in New Zealand
"Tekapo" is a misspelling of Takapō, the name of the lake in the Māori language. Takapō means "to leave in haste at night". [6] [7] In 2021, the Mackenzie District Council announced that it will start using the dual names of Tekapo and Takapō when referring to Lake Tekapo. [8] Environment Canterbury refers to the park as Takapō Regional ...
The Two Thumb Range (sometimes called the Two Thumbs Range) is a range of mountains in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located to the east of Lake Tekapo and has several peaks which rise to around 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). [3] The southern end of the range contains one of Canterbury's main skifields, Mount Dobson.
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory (UCMJO), previously known as Mt John University Observatory (MJUO), is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is situated at 1,029 metres (3,376 ft) ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island , and was established in 1965. [ 2 ]
A small station was also installed on Lake Tekapo, with water taken through a 1.6 km (1 mi) tunnel to a power station below the level of the lake. The original Waitaki power stations discharge water back into the Waitaki River which then forms a storage lake for the next station in the chain.
It is a man-made lake formed to divert water from the river into the Tekapo hydro electric canal. [2] The Lake is named after the late George Scott, a former superintendent of the nearby Tekapo A power station. The Department of Conservation maintains a walkway to the lake from the Lake Tekapo Township. [3]