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Lake Rotoiti (Nelson Lakes)

Depth: 40 metres

Area: 964 hectares

Altitude: 596 metres

Lake ID: 27762

Main vegetation type:
Indigenous Forest

Nelson Lakes National Park

Tasman
41° 49' 16" S
172° 50' 16" E
Alpine

Iwi / representative groups:

  • Ngāti Apa ki te ra Tō
    • Ngāti Kōata
      • Ngāti Kuia
        • Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust
          • Ngāti Toa Rangatira
            • Rangitane o Wairau
              • Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui
                • Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua

                  Description

                  Lake Rotoiti is the smaller of the two large glacial lakes in Nelson Lakes national park. The lakes were formed when rivers were dammed behind past glaciers’ terminal moraines (ridges of rubble that form at the front of a glacier) (source www.teara.govt.nz).

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