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The lake is a popular tourist destination, and several resort hotels are located in the township of Lake Tekapo at the lake's southern end. The Lake Tekapo Regional Park, administered by Environment Canterbury, is located on the lake's southern shore. State Highway 8 runs past Lake Tekapo at its southern end. On a clear day, the taller snow ...
Largest lake outside the North Island and South Island 7: Lake Pukaki: 179 km 2 (69 sq mi) Canterbury: 8: Lake Manapouri: 142 km 2 (55 sq mi) Southland: Contains largest inland island within New Zealand, Pomona Island: 9: Lake Hāwea: 141 km 2 (54 sq mi) Otago: 10: Lake Tekapo: 83 km 2 (32 sq mi) Canterbury: 11: Lake Rotorua / Te Rotorua nui ā ...
These two spurs connect the highway with State Highway 6, which lies on the western bank of Lake Dunstan. State Highway 8A runs for 23 km from SH 6 at Luggate to connect with SH8 close to Tarras. State Highway 8B runs for just 2.6 km from SH8 at Deadmans Point across the lake to the town of Cromwell.
Te Araroa winds its way past Lake Ōhau. The Lake Tekapo to Lake Ōhau section is an easy but long 87 kilometres taking an average of two to three days walk, [28] The East Ahuriri stage (from Glen Mary Ski Club on Lake Ōhau road and ending at Birchwood Road Carpark in the Ahuriri Valley) is a 26.5 kilometre stage that takes on average one to ...
Church of the Good Shepherd The Lake Tekapo control gates regulate the amount of water reaching the Tekapo river (July 2020). Lake Tekapo had a population of 558 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people (55.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 240 people (75.5%) since the 2006 census.
GNS publishes a Map of New Zealand's Geological Foundations. [3] The main maps are the 1 : 250 000 QMap series, which will be completed as a series of 21 maps and booklets in 2010. [needs update] Low resolution versions of these maps (without the associated booklet) can be downloaded from the GNS site for free. [4]
The South Island has 8 of New Zealand's 10 biggest lakes. They were formed by glaciers and include Lake Wakatipu, Lake Tekapo and Lake Manapouri. The deepest (462 m) is Lake Hauroko, in western Southland. It is the 16th deepest lake in the world. Millions of years ago, Central Otago had a huge lake – Lake Manuherikia.
The main settlements within the reserve are Mount Cook Village, Twizel, and Lake Tekapo (town). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The night sky brightness in the reserve ranks at a level 2 on the nine-level Bortle Dark-Sky Scale , representing a truly dark site with high astronomical observability of celestial objects .