Lake Karapiro
Lake Karapiro is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River at Karapiro, 8 kilometres south-east of Cambridge in New Zealand's North Island. The lake was formed in 1947 by the damming of the Waikato River to store water for the 96-megawatt Karapiro power station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alex Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karāpiro Power Station.
Karāpiro Power Station
Dam
Photo: Air55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karāpiro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Lake Karapiro in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the last of the eight hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karapiro and Maungatautari.
Karapiro
Village
Karapiro is a settlement and rural area in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes both the artificially created Lake Karapiro and the accompanying Karāpiro Power Station. Karapiro is situated 2½ km northwest of Lake Karapiro.
Maungatautari
Hamlet
Maungatautari is a rural community in Waipā District, Waikato Region, New Zealand. It is located between Maungatautari Mountain and Lake Karapiro on the Waikato River. Maungatautari is situated 3½ km south of Lake Karapiro.
French Pass
Locality
French Pass is a small settlement just east of Cambridge in the Waikato Region of New Zealand. The settlement is named after the road pass from Cambridge through to Whitehall. There was a road through the pass by 1887. French Pass is situated 6 km northwest of Lake Karapiro.
Lake Karapiro
- Type: Lake
- Description: artificial hydro lake on the Waikato River, New Zealand/Aotearoa.
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Karapiro from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Lake Karapiro” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Карапіра”
- Czech: “Karapiro”
- Dutch: “Lake Karapiro”
- French: “lac Karapiro”
- French: “Lac Karapiro”
- Georgian: “კარაპირო”
- German: “Lake Karapiro”
- Italian: “Waimarino River”
- Russian: “Карапиро”
- Welsh: “Llyn Karapiro”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lake Karapiro”. Photo: Alex Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.