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Lake Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand (the others are Lake Pukaki and Lake Ōhau). It covers an area of 83 km 2 (32 sq mi) and is at an altitude of 710 m (2,330 ft) above sea level.
Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown Lake Tekapo Lake Rotorua from above Rotorua Lake Hauroko, New Zealand's deepest lake Ōkārito Lagoon. This is a list of lakes in New Zealand. A lake's location is identified by the region and either the territorial authority or national park (N.P.). There are:
The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Lake-effect snow piles up in Great Lakes as ice to blanket Midwest Today's top weather news for Friday, Dec. 13, 2024: The fierce lake-effect snowstorm ...
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 .
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory (UCMJO), previously known as Mt John University Observatory (MJUO), is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is situated at 1,029 metres (3,376 ft) ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island , and was established in 1965. [ 2 ]
Cyclists in Twizel, New Zealand. Twizel is also on the route of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail. [43] Stage 2 of the Alps 2 Ocean runs from Lake Tekapo to Twizel. This 54 kilometre section takes riders past the Tekapo A power station and along the Tekapo Canal before skirting around the Lake Pukaki shoreline and across the Pukaki Flats to Twizel ...
The lake is the reservoir of Benmore Dam, New Zealand's largest earth dam, [5] which was created as part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity power scheme. Construction of Benmore Dam was approved in 1957 [6] and the lake was filled in December 1964. [5] After the lake was created the incidence of seismic shocks increased by a factor of three to six ...