Lake Constance (New Zealand)
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| Geographical location | Nelson Lakes National Park , Tasman South Island , New Zealand | |
| Tributaries | West Branch of the Sabine River | |
| Drain | West Branch of the Sabine River | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 4 '28 " S , 172 ° 39' 38" E | |
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Clearest lake in the world |
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The Lake Constance ( Māori Rotopōhueroa ) is a small lake in the region Tasman in Nelson Lakes National Park in the north of the South Island of New Zealand . It is located in the northern part of the Southern Alps . In Anglo-American usage, there is a risk of confusion with Lake Constance , which is also called "Lake Constance" in English.
The lake is traversed by the West Branch of the Sabine River , which is part of the Buller River system . It feeds the much smaller Blue Lake . The water seeps underground through the debris from a landslide that dammed Lake Constance.
Role in the Māori
The Rotopōhueroa is located in the Rohe (tribal area) of the Iwi Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō . The lake was traditionally used in ceremonies in which the bones of dead women were cleansed and the soul of the deceased was released on his journey to mythical Hawaiki . For the Iwi, the water of the lake is therefore tapu . The Blue Lake was used for the same purpose for the male deceased. The name of the lake in the Māori language, Rotopōhueroa , means "long calabash".
Individual evidence
- New Zealand topographic maps NZtopo50, map BS24
- ^ Blue Lake . In: Google Maps . Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ↑ Ngāti Apa Deed of Settlement: Documents Schedule (PDF; 1.5 MB) In: Ngati Apa Deed of Settlement . Retrieved on December 23, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
