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Lake Tekapo

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Lake Tekapo

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Lake Tekapo (Māori: Takapō) is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand (the others are Lake Pukaki and Lake Ōhau). It covers an area of 83 km2 (32 sq mi) and is at an altitude of 710 m (2, 330 ft) above sea level.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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