O'Shanessy Creek

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O'Shanessy Creek
Data
location New Zealand
River system Gray River
Drain over Hauptiri River  → Ahaura River  → Gray River  → Pacific
source On Mount O'Shanessy
42 ° 38 ′ 51 ″  S , 171 ° 43 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height 1300  m
muzzle In the Haupiri River coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′ 6 ″  S , 171 ° 45 ′ 10 ″  E 42 ° 37 ′ 6 ″  S , 171 ° 45 ′ 10 ″  E
Mouth height 240  m
Height difference 1060 m
Bottom slope 15%
length 7 km

The O'Shanessy Creek is a creek southwest of Haupiri on New Zealand 's South Island. It rises on the eastern flank of the 1,462 meter high mountain Mount O'Shanessy (a second spring arm on a 1,313 meter high eastern secondary peak), flows in a north-easterly direction and, after it has taken in numerous tributaries, flows after about 7 kilometers in the Haupiri River , which in turn flows into the Ahaura River .

Individual evidence

  1. sheet cut NZTopo50-BU21 Haupiri official Topographic Map of New Zealand 1: 50.000, Edition 1, 2009, online version