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Bowen Falls

The Bowen Falls, also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at , a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre long located in 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.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Bowen Fall”, “Hineteawa”, “Hineteawa / Bowen Falls”, and “Lady Bowen Falls”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milford Sound Airport and Cleddau River.

Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Wrigley, CC BY 2.0.
is a small but very busy airport in , in New Zealand's Fiordland region of the . It is mainly used by tourist / flightseeing operators.

River
Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a river of New Zealand in Fiordland, Southland. It flows into the head of .

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milford Sound.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
/ Piopiotahi is a spectacular glacier-carved fiord and town in on the west coast of and is one of New Zealand's most well known scenic attractions.

Bowen Falls

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
Diamantina Bowen
Open location code
4V798WMG+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1063576107
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
2193035
Wiki­data ID
Q15091803
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Satellite Map

Discover Bowen Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Bowen Falls” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bowen ur-jauzia”
  • Basque: “Hineteawa”
  • Basque: “Lady Bowen ur-jauzia”
  • Cebuano: “Bowen Falls”
  • French: “chutes Bowen”
  • French: “Chutes Bowen”
  • German: “Bowen Falls”
  • Ukrainian: “Бовен”
  • Ukrainian: “Хінетеава”
  • Welsh: “Rhaeadr Bowen”
  • Welsh: “Rhaeadr yr Arglwyddes Bowen”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dale Point and Tent Flat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bowen Hill and Milford Sound.

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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 “Bowen Falls”. Photo: Jenny, CC BY 2.0.