Lake Hawdon
Lake Hawdon is a small high country lake in Canterbury, New Zealand. The lake lies approximately 130 kilometres to the northwest of Christchurch, and is one of a series of lakes which make up part of the Waimakariri River system, along with the nearby Lake Marymere, which lies immediately to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Saint Bernard and Purple Hill.
Purple Hill
Peak
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Purple Hill is a peak, which is situated 3 km west of Lake Hawdon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craigieburn and Avoca.
Craigieburn
Locality
Craigieburn is the name of a settlement and several geographic features in northwest Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. The Craigieburn Range of mountains is located on the south banks of the Waimakariri River, south of Arthur's Pass.
Avoca
Locality
Avoca is a locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is situated along the Midland Railway Line between Craigieburn and Staircase. There are no permanent residents, but it once supported a small number of railway staff. Avoca is situated 7 km south of Lake Hawdon.
Lake Hawdon
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in New Zealand
- Category: lake
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.10422° or 43° 6′ 15″ southLongitude
171.84935° or 171° 50′ 58″ eastElevation
602 metres (1,975 feet)Named after
Joseph HawdonOpen location code
4V8HVRWX+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 27577138OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
2190163Wikidata ID
Q55616498
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In Other Languages
“Lake Hawdon” goes by many names.
- German: “Lake Hawdon”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Hawdon”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.