Dart River (Kawarau River)
Dart River Te Awa Wakatipu |
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Dart River at Glenorchy |
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Data | ||
location | Otago , South Island , New Zealand | |
River system | Clutha River | |
Drain over | Kawarau River → Clutha River → Pacific | |
source |
Dart Glacier , Southern Alps 44 ° 29 ′ 11 ″ S , 168 ° 35 ′ 4 ″ E |
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Source height | 1025 m | |
muzzle |
Lake Wakatipu Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ 52 " S , 168 ° 21 ′ 35" E 44 ° 50 ′ 52 " S , 168 ° 21 ′ 35" E |
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Mouth height | 330 m | |
Height difference | 695 m | |
Bottom slope | 12 ‰ | |
length | 60 km |
The Dart River ( Māori Te Awa Wakatipu ) is a river in the Otago region in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand .
The river has its source in the Dart Glacier in the Southern Alps and then flows partly in Mount Aspiring National Park in a south-westerly and then south-westerly direction. After 60 km it joins the north end of Lake Wakatipu west of Glenorchy . It got its name in the 1860s from the sheep farmer William Gilbert Rees because of its fast flowing water.
Several well-known hiking trails run around the river, especially the Rees-Dart Track, which follows the valleys of the Dart River and the Rees River to the east . Jet boat trips are available on the river .
Scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy were filmed on the Dart River , including Isengard, which was filmed at Dan's Paddock , and Lothlórien, which is in the woods a little further north.
On the upper reaches of the river in 1989 one crashed Britten-Norman Islander of Aspiring Air from where all 10 occupants were killed.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Dowling (editor): Reed New Zealand Atlas . Reed Books, 2004, ISBN 0-7900-0952-8 , pp. Cards 89, 90.
- ↑ Discover New Zealand: A Wises Guide , 9th. 1994 edition, p. 443.
- ↑ Rees-Dart Track . Department of Conservation . Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ^ Jet boat on the Dart River . March 3, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ↑ Ring things . Rough guides . Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ↑ 08 AUG 1989 . Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- New Zealand topographic map work "NZTOPO50", sheets CA9, CA 10, CB10