Cardrona River
| Cardrona River | ||
 View into the valley of the Cardrona River |
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| Data | ||
| location | Otago region , New Zealand | |
| River system | Clutha River | |
| Drain over | Clutha River → South Pacific | |
| muzzle | at Albert Town in the Clutha River Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′ 8 " S , 169 ° 11 ′ 55" E 44 ° 41 ′ 8 " S , 169 ° 11 ′ 55" E
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| Small towns | Wanaka | |
| Communities | Cardrona | |
The Cardrona River is a river in the region Otago on the South Island of New Zealand . Together with the Hunter River, which flows into it just 700 m earlier, it is one of the first tributaries of the Clutha River five kilometers after its origin at the outflow of Lake Wanaka .
The Cardrona flows the narrow, steep-walled Cardrona Valley for 40 km to the north. This is where one of the most difficult roads in New Zealand is located, the Crown Range Road . The small town of Cardrona is on this road , with Mount Cardrona and the Cardrona ski area to the west . The river crosses east of Wanaka the State Highway 6 and then flows near Albert Town in the Clutha.
literature
- New Zealand Travel Atlas . Wise Maps, Auckland, ISBN 0-908794-47-9 .