Lake Wanaka

Lake Wanaka is positioned inside the Otago location of New Zealand, at an altitude of 278 meters. Covering a place of 192 km2, it's far New Zealand's fourth biggest lake, estimated to be extra than 300 m deep. Its name is Maori, a corruption of Oanaka. The metropolis close to the foot of the lake is also known as Wanaka. Lake Wanaka lies at the coronary heart of the Otago Lakes inside the lower South Island of New Zealand. The township is located in a glacier carved basin on the shorelines of the lake and is the gateway to Mt Aspiring National Park. Lake Hawea is a 15-minute power away, en direction to the frontier town of Makarora, the final forestall before the West Coast Glacier location.

To the south is the ancient Cardrona Valley, a famous scenic alpine direction to neighbouring Queenstown. At its best quantity, that is more or less alongside a north-south axis, the lake is 42 kilometres lengthy. Its widest point, on the southern stop, is 10 kilometres. The lake's western shore is lined with excessive peaks rising to over 2000 metres above sea level.