Fish River (New Zealand)

Fish River
Route of the Fish River
Mouth of the Fish River Show map of South Island Fish River (New Zealand) (New Zealand) Show map of New Zealand
Location
Country	New Zealand
Region	Otago
District	Queenstown-Lakes
Physical characteristics
Source	Southern Alps
• coordinates	44.0681°S 169.2991°E / -44.0681; 169.2991
Mouth
• location	Makarora River
• coordinates	44°07′36″S 169°20′23″E
Basin features
Progression	Fish River → Makarora River → Lake Wānaka → Clutha River / Mata-Au → Pacific Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Brodrick Stream
• right	Jubilee 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,^[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

• List of rivers of New Zealand

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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