Wakefield Falls
Wakefield Falls is a waterfall in Canterbury, South Island and has an elevation of 1,599 metres. Wakefield Falls is situated nearby to the locality Celmisia Flat, as well as near Hooker Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Wakefield.
Mount Wakefield
Peak
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Wakefield is a mountain in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. It is 2,058 metres high. The Mountain is named after Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Cook National Park and Aoraki / Mount Cook.
Mount Cook National Park
Photo: Petero9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Several other high peaks of the South Island's Southern Alps are nearby.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
Village
Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Aoraki / Mount Cook is situated 5 km southwest of Wakefield Falls.
Wakefield Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.70102° or 43° 42′ 4″ southLongitude
170.14434° or 170° 8′ 40″ eastElevation
1,599 metres (5,246 feet)Height
230 metres (755 feet)Named after
Edward Gibbon WakefieldOpen location code
4V8G74XV+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3562517411OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
Discover Wakefield Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Wakefield Falls” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wakefield Falls”
- German: “Wakefield Falls”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Celmisia Flat and Hooker Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Billiken Pass and Mount Kinsey.
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