Fantail Creek

Places of Interest

Fantail Falls

Waterfall

Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fantail Falls is a waterfall in Mount Aspiring National Park, Westland District, New Zealand. The waterfall is in the Haast Pass, between the Gates of Haast and the pass itself, at an altitude of 450 metres.

Haast Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haast Pass / Tioripatea is a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand. Māori used the pass in pre-European times. The pass takes its name from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as provincial geologist for the provincial government of Canterbury. Haast Pass is situated 3½ km southwest of Fantail Creek.

Places in the Area

Pleasant Flat

Locality

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Pleasant Flat is an alluvial floodplain of the Haast River in the Haast Pass on New Zealand's South Island. A former stopping place for travellers crossing the pass before the building of the highway, it now has a campsite and picnic shelter. Pleasant Flat is situated 8 km north of Fantail Creek.

Fantail Creek

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Places with the Same Name

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