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As one of the few lakes in the South Island with an unmodified shoreline, the lake is protected by special legislation, the Lake Wanaka
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At its greatest extent, which is roughly along a north–south axis, the lake is 42 kilometres long. Its widest point, at the southern end, is 10 kilometres. The lake's western shore is lined with high peaks rising to over 2000 metres above sea level. Along the eastern shore the land is also
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The town was renamed "Pembroke" within a month of the surveyor returning his books to
Dunedin. It reverted to "Wanaka" on 1 September 1940, to reduce confusion between the names of the town and the lake.
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Lake Wānaka lies at the heart of the Otago Lakes in the lower South Island of New
Zealand. The township of Wānaka, which sits in a glacier-carved basin on the shores of the lake, is the gateway to
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The lake is now a popular resort, and is much used in the summer for fishing, boating and swimming. The nearby mountains and fast-flowing rivers support
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The official name of the lake was updated from "Lake Wanaka" to "Lake Wānaka" in 2019, and the town's name to "Wānaka" in 2021.
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Lake Wānaka, with
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are near the lake's outflow into the Clutha River / Mata-Au.
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is a 15-minute drive away, en route to the frontier town of
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as a location the lead couple visited and as the answer to
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island is 120 hectares in size and is a pest free island.
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dismisses this variation as a simple spelling mistake.
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New Zealand History. Nga korero a ipurangi o Aotearoa
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settlement at the southern end of the lake was named
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1860:. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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2603:"Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich"
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1778:"Place name detail: Lake Wānaka"
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808:View of Lake Wānaka, New Zealand
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2372:report, June 2006, from the
1929:Lakes: Laka Wanaka and Hawea
1786:New Zealand Geographic Board
1691:List of lakes in New Zealand
1664:New Zealand, and Wānaka and
1227:Source 2: Lake Wanaka (sun)
589:(food-gathering places) and
291:and the seat of the town of
2342:"Assessment of the 2005/06
2252:Dovey, Pam (13 June 2017).
1706:Sentinel Peak (New Zealand)
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1978:"What's Up DOC – Wanaka"
1755:"Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea"
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1634:Mission: Impossible III
814:Pūteketeke conservation
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2224:"Chalmers, Nathanael"
2222:Roger Frazer (1990).
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1686:Lakes of New Zealand
1660:As a doomsday refuge
661:to see the lake was
580:(the South Island).
3263:Edith Cavell Bridge
3165:Geographic features
2681:. 1 September 2021.
2601:(23 January 2017).
1940:Tourism New Zealand
1810:Tourism New Zealand
1650:The Free Range Cook
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665:in 1853. Guided by
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289:fourth-largest lake
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3288:Queenstown Airport
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3037:Queenstown Central
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2344:Lagarosiphon major
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592:kāinga nohoanga
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367:Makarora Rivers
351:u-shaped valley
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335:Cardrona Valley
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150:Primary inflows
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3187:Coronet Peak
3132:Mount Barker
3052:Sunshine Bay
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3127:Minaret Bay
3087:Glendhu Bay
3082:Dingle Burn
3072:Albert Town
3065:Wānaka Ward
2974:Wharehuanui
2969:Walter Peak
2939:Rees Valley
2859:Hayes Creek
2854:Halfway Bay
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2702:Lake Wānaka
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186:New Zealand
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3327:Government
3212:Lake Hayes
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3177:Bowen Peak
3172:Ben Lomond
3122:Maungawera
3117:Matukituki
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