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Lake Unknown Falls

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Lake Unknown Falls is one of the World's 100 best waterfalls

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Ratings:

 

Visual Magnitude:

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Absolute Magnitude:

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BWR (Class):

N/A

Scenic Rating:
(graded on a curve)

82 / 100

   Grandeur:

27 / 35

   Scenery:

27 / 35

   Volume:

6 / 10

   Height:

9 / 10

   Width:

4 / 10

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Physical Descripition Information:

 

English

Metric

Total Height:

2230 feet

680 meters

Tallest Single Drop:

492 feet

150 meters

Number of Drops:

 

Waterfall Type:

Tiered

Average Width:

 

 

Average Volume:

 

 

Maximum Recorded Volume:

 

 

Watercourse:

outlet of Lake Unknown

Seasonality:

Perennial

Seasons of Best Flow:

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Location, Directions & Maps:

Continent:

Oceania

Country:

New Zealand

State / Province:

South Island

Locality:

Otago

Specific Location:

Mount Nox

Latitude / Longitude:

-44.6367 / 168.2901

 

Related Maps:

NZ Topo Online

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Directions:

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Detailed Information:

Like Norway, New Zealand appears to have several large, presumably unnamed waterfalls. However, in this case, we're very suprised to have found no evidence that a waterfall this massive is named. The falls drop out of colorfully named Lake Unknown (we're assuming it was a descriptive), and thunder down the side of the Dart River Valley for almost 700 meters. Tourism companies run jetboat tours up the Dart River, and the falls are quite easily seen from the river, so we assume many people know about the falls, yet very little seems to be published about it. Once we can uncover a little more information, this one will probably worm its way onto the World's Best list.

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Related Pictures and Links:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=502586201&size=o
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/333040/1/13241766/Large
http://www.ozhiker.com/newzealand/photogallery/slides/R06-F23.html

 

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Recent Updates:

2008-01-11 - Updated Top 100 status

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