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The river was first known by its Māori name of Te Awa Whakatipu, with te awa literally translating as 'the river'. [7] The name Whakatipu is shared with several nearby geographic features, including Lake Wakatipu [a] and Whakatipu Kā Tuka (the Hollyford River) though this name is an archaic term and its original meaning is no longer known. [8]
The Dart Glacier is an approximately six-kilometre-long (3.7 mi) glacier located in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the upper reaches of Otago, New Zealand. [1] The glacier is the primary source of the Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu, one of the main inflows of the nearby Lake Wakatipu before its water eventually joins the network of the Clutha River / Mata-Au some 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the ...
It is set in Mount Aspiring National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site on the South Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to the Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu via Beans Burn. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,400 metres (4,593 feet) above Beans Burn in one kilometre.
The Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu flows into the northern end, the lake then runs south for 30 kilometres before turning abruptly to the east. Twenty kilometres (12.4 mi) further along, it turns sharply to the south, reaching its southern end 30 kilometres (19 mi) further south, near Kingston .
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Mount Alfred (officially Mount Alfred / Ari) is a hill in Otago, New Zealand, that was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. [3] It is the prominent hill due north from Glenorchy located between the Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu and Rees River located in the Queenstown-Lakes District.
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains east into Rock Burn and west to Route Burn which are both tributaries of the Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 metres (5,249 feet) above Rock Burn in three kilometres, and 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) above the North Branch of Route Burn ...
Dart River may refer to any of several rivers: In Australia. Dart River (Victoria) In New Zealand. Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu in the Otago region of the southwestern South Island; Dart River (Tasman) in the northwestern South Island; In the United Kingdom. River Dart, a river in Devon, England; East Dart River, Devon; Little Dart River, Devon