Lake Māhinapua
Lake Māhinapua is a shallow lake on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. It is about 10 kilometres south of Hokitika and near the small town of Ruatapu. It was formerly a coastal lagoon, but the buildup of coastal dunes made it an inland lake roughly 500 metres from the Tasman Sea coastline […]
Lake Mapourika
Lake Mapourika is a large lake located on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. It lies north of Franz Josef Glacier and the out-flowing Ōkārito River drains it into the Ōkārito Lagoon. It was formed by a glacier during the last ice age (source wikipedia).
Lake Moeraki / Moerangi
Moerangi (Lake Moeraki) is a small lake on the Moeraki River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. State Highway 6 runs along its western edge. The lake is surrounded by native vegetation and lies within the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site (source wikipedia).
Lake Morgan
Lake Morgan is an alpine lake nestled in tussock in the Alexander Range above Lake Brunner.
Lake Paringa
Lake Paringa is located on the West Coast of the South Island, within a large catchment (~60 km²) that is dominated by undisturbed temperate rainforest. Lake Paringa is situated approximately 3 km west of the Alpine Fault, which is the only known seismically active structure within 60 km of the lake. The Alpine Fault ruptures […]
Lake Poerua / Pouerua
Pouerua (Lake Poerua) is a shallow lake located in the West Coast of the South Island. A number of small streams flow into the lake, and the Poerua River flows from the lake into the Crooked River, which leads to Lake Brunner.
Lake Rototekoiti / Roto Te Koeti
Roto Te Koeti (Lake Rototekoiti) is a small alpine lake on the West Coast. It is situated just below West Peak and East Peak, 4 km north-east of Makawhio River (Jacobs River).
Skifington Swamp
Skifington Swamp is a small lake surrounded by wetland and native forest. It is situated about 5 km northwest of the township of Fox Glacier.
Lake Hayes / Waiwhakaata
Waiwhakaata (Lake Hayes) is a 280 hectare lake (31 m maximum depth), that has become eutrophic due to elevated nutrient inputs from its catchment. The Lake Hayes catchment has been used for agriculture since late 1800s, but severe degradation was not observed until the late 1960s, when the bottom waters of the lake became anoxic […]
Lake Johnson / Waipuna
Waipuna (Lake Johnson) is a small relatively shallow lake near Queenstown in the Queenstown-lakes region of Otago. It has a maximum depth of 27 m, a surface area of 0.2 km² and resides in a small catchment (1.9 km²). It is classified as a glacial lake with no natural in-flowing or out-flowing water; the only […]
Lake Brunner / Kōtukuwhakaoka
Kōtukuwhakaoka (Lake Brunner) is a large lake in the northwestern South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, covering an area of about 40 km². It was gouged out by a branch of the Taramakau Glacier and is one of a cluster of lakes within this sector of the Grey River catchment. The lake is fed by […]
Stoney Tarn
Stoney Tarn is a small highland lake located in the Mackenzie Basin, adjacent to Lake Tekapo. It covers an area of approximately 7 hectares, with a maximum depth of 2.4 m. The lake is surrounded by low productivity grasslands and sits at an altitude of 820 m.
Alta Tarn
This beautiful alpine lake is situated on Mt Alta to the west of Lake Wanaka.
Lake Mckay
Lake Mckay is a small alpine lake situated in the Pisa mountain range above Lake Wanaka.
Lake Little Mckay
Little Lake Mckay is a small alpine lake in the Pisa mountain range above Lake Wanaka.
