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Lake Manapouri
- Area
- 138 km²
- Max depth
- 444 m
- Tonight
- 12°CLight rain · Wind 25 km/h NW
Lake Manapouri is a lake at 178 m above sea level in Southland Region, New Zealand, 138 km² in area and 32.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 178 m
- Length
- 32.6 km
- Shoreline
- 205.5 km
Lake Manapouri 3D map
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Lake Manapouri topographic map
100 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.
Lake Manapouri elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Manapouri downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Manapouri in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 205.5 km
Lake Manapouri weather
Today · Light rain · 12 / 15°C (54 / 59°F) · 3.4 mm · Wind 25 km/h NW
Lake Manapouri forecast for about 178 m.
- Today12°15°3.4 mm25 km/h NW
- Sun13°16°15.2 mm23 km/h N
- Mon5°15°52.7 mm31 km/h NW
- Tue6°10°10.5 mm15 km/h NW
- Wed6°10°36.0 mm15 km/h NW
- Thu6°7°5.6 mm17 km/h W
- Fri10°10°11.2 mm18 km/h NW
- Sat12°14°17.3 mm9 km/h NW
- Sun6°15°64.9 mm10 km/h NW
- Mon6°8°0.3 mm15 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 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Manapouri
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Manapouri, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Monument Track Trailhead
Nearest parking
7.5 km E
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead | 6.5 km SE |
| Trailhead | 6.6 km SE |
| Monument Track TrailheadTrailhead | 7.0 km SSE |
| Parking | 7.5 km E |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 30.4% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,519 m low point 177 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 537 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rosy Sundew67
- South Island Robin62
- Easter Orchid50
- Swamp Sun Orchid49
- Fork-leaved Sundew46
- Fly Agaric41
Where Lake Manapouri sits
- Region
- Southland Region7New Zealand112Oceania282
- Protected area
- Fiordland National Park7
Nearby places
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 2026-01-18)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)