Lake Tatawai

Lake Tatawai
Location Taieri Plains, Otago Region, South Island
Coordinates 45°57′43″S 170°08′06″E / 45.962017°S 170.134983°E / -45.962017; 170.134983Coordinates: 45°57′43″S 170°08′06″E / 45.962017°S 170.134983°E / -45.962017; 170.134983
Primary outflows Lake Waipori
Basin countries New Zealand

Lake Tatawai was a tidal freshwater lake located immediately north of Lake Waipori in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island.[1]

It is one of the historical lakes that was drained soon after European Settlement of the Taieri Plains. Lake Tatawai drained into Lake Waipori by a small channel, and ultimately into the Taieri. It was a very shallow lake and would have originally been surrounded by wetlands.

Notes

  1. Bray, Sharon. "Under the Eye of the Saddle Hill Taniwha", 1998.


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