Blue Lake
Blue Lake is a small lake adjacent to the town of Saint Bathans in Central Otago, New Zealand. The lake is man-made, the result of sluicing operations that began in 1873 when John Ewing formed the St.Bathans Channel Company, to mine the Kildare Hill Gold Claim in St Bathans.
Pseudopanax, Public domain.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 530 metres (1,739 feet)
- Description: lake in Central Otago, New Zealand
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Blue Lake
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Latitude
-44.86664° or 44° 51′ 60″ south
Longitude
169.80917° or 169° 48′ 33″ east
Open location code
4V7F4RM5+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = lake
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