Bowen Falls
The Bowen Falls, also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre long Bowen River located in Fiordland National Park supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Bowen Fall”, “Hineteawa”, “Hineteawa / Bowen Falls”, “Lady Bowen Falls”, “Lady Bowen ur-jauzia”, “Rhaeadr yr Arglwyddes Bowen”, and “Хінетеава”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Milford Sound Airport and Cleddau River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milford Sound.
Bowen Falls
- Categories: coastal waterfall and body of water
- Location: Southland District, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-44.66511° or 44° 39′ 54″ south
Longitude
167.9262° or 167° 55′ 34″ east
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
Height
162 metres (531 feet)
Named after
Open location code
4V798WMG+XF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bowen Falls” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bowen ur-jauzia”
- Cebuano: “Bowen Falls”
- French: “chutes Bowen”
- French: “Chutes Bowen”
- German: “Bowen Falls”
- Ukrainian: “Бовен”
- Welsh: “Rhaeadr Bowen”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dale Point and Tent Flat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bowen Hill and Milford Sound.
Southland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Fiordland National Park and Invercargill.
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