Coal River
The Coal River is a river of Fiordland, New Zealand. It rises south of Stephens Peak and flows south-westward into the Tasman Sea, draining Lakes Beattie, Swan and Paradise.- Type: River
- Description: river in Southland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waimaku”
Coal River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.48154° or 45° 28′ 54″ south
Longitude
166.80365° or 166° 48′ 13″ east
Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)
Open location code
4V68GR93+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Coal River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coal River”
- German: “Coal River (Southland)”
- German: “Coal River”
- Irish: “Waimaku”
- Maori: “Waimaku”
- Welsh: “Afon Coal”
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