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Lake Browning / Whakarewa

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who was part of the early European surveying party who first negotiated the pass, which is also named for him. In 1998, the name was officially changed to the current dual name of Lake Browning / Whakarewa as part of the
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The lake occurs in a tectonically-controlled depression formed by a dilational jog or
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is a small lake (0.162 km or 0.063 sq mi) situated on the
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along the Main Divide Fault. This depression is also the location of
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descent into the Wilberforce River on the east of the Main Divide.
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Lake Browning, photo taken from Three Passes Track, New Zealand
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in New Zealand. It is 130 km (81 mi) northwest of
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Index

Māori
Lake Browning
Location of Lake Browning
Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka
West Coast Region
South Island
42°56′49″S 171°20′38″E / 42.947°S 171.344°E / -42.947; 171.344
Type
tectonic lake
Primary inflows
Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka
Primary outflows
Arahura River
Catchment area
Basin
Main Divide
Southern Alps
Christchurch
fault stepover
Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka
mountain pass
Wilberforce River
West Coast
Arahura River
scree-slope
John Browning
Treaty of Waitangi
settlement
"Noti Raureka Browning Pass"
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