Lake Type: Highland

  • Lake Hāwea

    17 December, 2021
    Lake Hāwea stretches 35 kilometres from north to south. It lies in a glacial valley formed during the last ice…
  • Te Ana-au / Lake Te Anau

    17 December, 2021
    Lake Te Ana-au (Te Anau) lies in the south west of South Island New Zealand (www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas). The lake is the…
  • Moturau / Lake Manapōuri

    16 December, 2021
    Moturau is the correct Māori name for Lake Manapōuri. Manapōuri is the name for Shallow Bay in the eastern part…
  • Lake Wānaka

    16 December, 2021
    Lake Wānaka, New Zealand's fourth-largest lake, lies in a u-shaped valley formed by glacial erosion during the last ice age…
  • Lake Ōhau

    16 December, 2021
    Lake Ōhau is a glacial lake in Te Manahuna (the Mackenzie Basin), fed by Te Awa Aruhe (Hopkins River) and…
  • Lake Pukaki

    10 December, 2021
    Lake Pukaki is a large glacial fed lake located between Tekapo and Twizel. Aoraki / Mount Cook towers above the…
  • Takapō / Lake Tekapo

    10 December, 2021
    Takapō (Lake Tekapo) is a large glacial fed lake located near the Lake Tekapo township on the north edge of…
  • Lake Rotoroa

    15 June, 2021
    Lake Rotoroa is the larger of the two large glacial lakes in Nelson Lakes National Park. The lakes were formed…
  • Lake Tennyson

    28 May, 2021
    Lake Tennyson is a lake dammed by glacial moraine, located in the Canterbury high country between Molesworth Recreation Reserve and…
  • Whakamatau / Lake Coleridge

    28 May, 2021
    The glacially carved Whakamatau (Lake Coleridge) is located north of the Rakaia River in the Canterbury high country. Whakamatau was…