Lake Manapouri

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Lake Manapouri
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Geographical location Southland District , Southland , New Zealand
Tributaries Waiau River
Drain Waiau River
Islands Pomona Island
Places on the shore Manapouri
Location close to the shore Te Anau , Queenstown , Invercargill
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Coordinates 45 ° 30 ′  S , 167 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′  S , 167 ° 30 ′  E
Lake Manapouri (New Zealand)
Lake Manapouri
Altitude above sea level 177.8  m
surface 142 km²
length 28 km
scope 170 km
Maximum depth 444 m
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The Lake Manapouri is the second smallest of the five major glacial lakes in the south of the South Island of New Zealand . It is located in the remote western part of the Southland region in Fiordland National Park .

With an area of ​​142 km², Lake Manapouri forms the second smallest of the five large glacial lakes in the country in front of Lake Hāwea . The lake reaches its longest extension of 28 kilometers in an east-west direction; the entire length of the shore is 170 kilometers. Lake Manapouri consists of a base and four side arms: a northern, a southern, a western and the Hope arm. The water surface itself is littered with a total of 33 larger and smaller islands, 22 of which are forested. The largest of the islands is Pomona Island . The from Lake Te Anau originating Waiau River also forms the inflow and the outflow of the lake.

Lake Manapouri is entirely within the boundaries of Fiordland National Park , the largest national park in the country, which, along with other protected areas in the region, forms the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site.

  • The Manapouri power plant on the shore of the lake

  • in March 2015

The controversial Manapouri power plant , the largest underground power plant in the country, is located on the western shore of the lake .

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