Fish River (New Zealand)

Fish River
Route of the Fish River
Mouth of the Fish River
Fish River (New Zealand) (New Zealand)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
RegionOtago
DistrictQueenstown-Lakes
Physical characteristics
SourceSouthern Alps
 • coordinates44°04′05″S 169°17′57″E / 44.0681°S 169.2991°E / -44.0681; 169.2991
Mouth 
 • location
Makarora River
 • coordinates
44°07′36″S 169°20′23″E / 44.1268°S 169.3398°E / -44.1268; 169.3398
Basin features
ProgressionFish River → Makarora River → Lake Wānaka → Clutha River / Mata-Au → Pacific Ocean
Tributaries 
 • leftBrodrick Stream
 • rightJubilee Creek

The Fish River, is a river in the Otago Region of New Zealand. A tributary of the Makarora River, it rises east of Mount Burke and flows south-eastward through Mount Aspiring National Park, crossing State Highway 6 at 44° 6.97'S 169° 20.66'E, to join that river south of Haast Pass.

The river was named by Julius von Haast in 1863 Charles Cameron travelled up the Fish River a few weeks earlier.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fish River Bridge". 2004.
  2. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 79. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  3. ^ Reed, Alexander Wyclif (1975). Place names of New Zealand. p. 125.
  4. ^ Heinrich Ferdinand Von Haast, Julius von Haast (1948). The life and times of Sir Julius von Haast, explorer, geologist, museum builder. p. 276.
  5. ^ McClymont, W. G. (1959). The exploration of New Zealand. p. 83.
  6. ^ "Haast Pass". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.


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