🌊 Lake Pukaki

New Zealand · Oceania · 520 m · 44.12°S, 170.17°E

Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ōhau. All three lakes were formed when the terminal moraines of receding glaciers blocked their respective valleys, forming moraine-dammed lakes. The Alps2Ocean mountain bike trail follows the edge of Lake Pukaki for part of its length.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Surface elevation	520 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	44.12°S, 170.17°E · view on map

Lake Pukaki sits at 520 m in New Zealand, in Oceania. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in New Zealand

Lake Poteriteri · Lake Waikaremoana · Lake Brunner · Lake Coleridge · Lake Ruataniwha · Lake Hāwea · Lake Wakatipu · Lake Manapouri · Lake Wānaka · Lake Tekapo.

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