Lake Florence

Lake Florence is a lake in Selwyn District, Canterbury and has an elevation of 1,469 metres. Lake Florence is situated nearby to the locality Candys Bend, as well as near Deaths Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Philistine and Mount Rolleston.

Mount Philistine

Peak

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Philistine is a peak.

Mount Rolleston is a prominent peak in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named by the surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson in 1864, who observed the peak while searching for a route through the Southern Alps to the West Coast gold fields. Mount Rolleston is situated 3½ km south of Lake Florence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otira and Arthur’s Pass.

Otira

Hamlet

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Otira is a small township fifteen kilometres north of Arthur's Pass in the central South Island of New Zealand. It is on the northern approach to the pass, a saddle between the Ōtira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps. Otira is situated 8 km northeast of Lake Florence.

Arthur’s Pass

Village

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthur's Pass, previously called Camping Flat then Bealey Flats, and for some time officially Arthur Pass, is a township in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, located in the Selwyn district. Arthur’s Pass is situated 8 km southeast of Lake Florence.

Lake Florence

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in New Zealand
Category: lake
Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.88131° or 42° 52′ 53″ south

Longitude

171.49836° or 171° 29′ 54″ east

Elevation

1,469 metres (4,820 feet)

Named after

Florence Stinear (Mrs GM Pettigrew)

Open location code

4V9H4F9X+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28484631

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

6216088

Wikidata ID

Q85173360

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