Lake · Canterbury Region

Lake Alexandrina

762 m2,500 ft

Tonight: 6°CFair · Wind 29 km/h NW

Lake Alexandrina is a lake at 762 m above sea level in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Surface elevation: 762 m

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3D map

Lake Alexandrina 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Alexandrina terrain and contours

5 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Alexandrina elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Alexandrina weather

Today · Clear · 6 / 17°C (43 / 63°F) · Wind 29 km/h NW

Lake Alexandrina forecast for about 762 m.

Today6°17°–29 km/h NW
Sun9°16°–30 km/h W
Mon6°16°42.8 mm47 km/h NW
Tue2°8°0.1 mm18 km/h SW
Wed5°10°8.7 mm32 km/h NW
Thu0°9°0.3 mm30 km/h NW
Fri6°10°–25 km/h NW
Sat8°13°–24 km/h NW
Sun9°13°32.6 mm9 km/h E
Mon2°5°2.8 mm18 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Alexandrina

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Alexandrina, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Lake Alexandrina
1.7 km NE · +2 more within 2.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Tekapo Peninsula Walkway Parking
2.7 km ESE · +2 more within 4.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Lake AlexandrinaCampsite	1.7 km NE
Lake McGregorCampsite	1.9 km NE
Lake Alexandrina CampgroundCampsite	2.2 km S
Tekapo Peninsula Walkway ParkingParking	2.7 km ESE
Parking	2.7 km SSE
Parking	4.2 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

92.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 116 m low point 709 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 68.0%Water 29.6%Trees 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 103 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Crested Grebe58
Pacific Black Duck × Mallard14
Little Pied Cormorant13
New Zealand Scaup11
Australasian Shoveler11
Paradise Shelduck10

Where it sits

Where Lake Alexandrina sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Aoraki / Mount CookPeak · 3,724 m47 km NNW

Downloads

Lake Alexandrina downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Alexandrina satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lake Alexandrina

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite

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