Otago: Lake Wakatipu
Lake Wakatipu, with the Remarkable mountain range in the background, Otago, South Island, N.Z.
Otago
regional council, New Zealand
Otago, regional council, southeastern South Island, New Zealand. It encompasses the Otago Mountains, a fragmented schist plateau. The region stretches westward across South Island from the South Pacific Ocean to include the eastern slopes of the Southern Alps. It also includes the glacially excavated lakes of Wakatipu, Wanaka, and Hawea; the Remarkables (rising to 6,798 feet [2,072 metres]) and other inland ranges; and the Clutha River, New Zealand’s largest river by volume, which empties into...
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