Clarke River

Status

• Extent confirmed for Clarke River (recorded name)
• this name proposal was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 November 2009, and in relevant newspapers shortly after.

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 Proposal Report (pdf 1.7MB - also available in HTML), which was considered the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 16 September 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Consultation

The consultation period ended 5pm 11 December 2009.

Map

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