Clarke River

Status

  • Extent confirmed for Clarke River.
  • "Clarke River" is now the official geographic name, as published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 September 2010, and in relevant newspapers.

Description

Significant river, west of the main divide and east of Haast, flowing south-west from its source above Marks Flat, in the Mount Hooker and Mount Gow watershed, into Landsborough River. Topo50 map BY14 - Mount Ward, source: GR 357 411, and Topo50 map BY13 - Lake Paringa, confluence: GR 182 286.

Report

You can read the Clarke River Place Name Report (PDF 1.7MB - also available in HTML), which was considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 16 September 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Map


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