Fish River, New Zealand
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSouthern Alps
Mouth 
  location
Makarora River

The Fish River, New Zealand, 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,[1] to join that river south of Haast Pass.[2]

The river was named by Julius von Haast in 1863[3][4] Charles Cameron travelled up the Fish River a few weeks earlier.[5][6]

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.

44°07′S 169°20′E / 44.117°S 169.333°E / -44.117; 169.333


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