Tasman Lake

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Tasman Lake is a proglacial lake in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, formed by meltwater from the retreating Tasman Glacier within Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tasman Lake canonical 1
Tasman Lake (English) 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proglacial lake
accessPoint Tasman Valley road end
administeredBy Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
basinCountry New Zealand
climateChangeIndicator glacier retreat
country New Zealand
formationPeriod late 20th century
formedBy meltwater from Tasman Glacier
formedByProcess glacial retreat
ice melt
hasFeature floating icebergs
milky turquoise water
hasLanguageVariantName Tasman Lake (English)
linked to: Tasman Lake
hasType proglacial lake
hasWalkingTrack Tasman Glacier View Track
Tasman Lake Track
hasWaterSource Tasman Glacier meltwater
glacial meltwater
locatedIn Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
Canterbury Region
South Island
Southern Alps
locatedInProtectedArea Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
locatedNear Aoraki / Mount Cook
Hooker Lake
Mueller Lake
locatedOnGlacier Tasman Glacier
mountainRange Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
linked to: New Zealand Alps
namedAfter Tasman Glacier
nearLocality Mount Cook Village
notableFor icebergs calving from Tasman Glacier terminus
rapid growth due to glacier retreat
tourist boat trips among icebergs
outflow Tasman River
partOf Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
protectedArea Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
region Mackenzie District
relatedProtectedArea Te Wāhipounamu – South West New Zealand World Heritage Area
riverSystem Waitaki River system
tourismActivity boat tours
glacier viewing
photography
sightseeing
waterColorCause glacial rock flour

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tasman Glacier flowsInto Tasman Lake
Tasman Lake hasLanguageVariantName Tasman Lake (English)
linked to: Tasman Lake