Fish River (New Zealand)

Fish River
Map
Route of the Fish River
Fish River (New Zealand) is located in South Island
Fish River (New Zealand)
Mouth of the Fish River
Fish River (New Zealand) is located in New Zealand
Fish River (New Zealand)
Fish River (New Zealand) (New Zealand)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
RegionOtago
DistrictQueenstown-Lakes
Physical characteristics
SourceSouthern Alps
 • coordinates44°04′05″S 169°17′57″E / 44.0681°S 169.2991°E / -44.0681; 169.2991
Mouth 
 • location
Makarora River
 • coordinates
44°07′36″S 169°20′23″E / 44.1268°S 169.3398°E / -44.1268; 169.3398
Basin features
ProgressionFish RiverMakarora RiverLake WānakaClutha River / Mata-AuPacific Ocean
Tributaries 
 • leftBrodrick Stream
 • rightJubilee Creek

The Fish River, is a river in the Otago Region of New Zealand. A tributary of the Makarora River, it rises east of Mount Burke and flows south-eastward through Mount Aspiring National Park, crossing State Highway 6 at 44° 6.97'S 169° 20.66'E,[1] to join that river south of Haast Pass.[2]

The river was named by Julius von Haast in 1863[3][4] Charles Cameron travelled up the Fish River a few weeks earlier.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Fish River Bridge". 2004.
  2. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 79. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  3. ^ Reed, Alexander Wyclif (1975). Place names of New Zealand. p. 125.
  4. ^ Heinrich Ferdinand Von Haast, Julius von Haast (1948). The life and times of Sir Julius von Haast, explorer, geologist, museum builder. p. 276.
  5. ^ McClymont, W. G. (1959). The exploration of New Zealand. p. 83.
  6. ^ "Haast Pass". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.