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Lake Mapourika

84 m276 ft
Area
8.90 km²
Tonight
10°CLight rain showers · Wind 23 km/h W

Lake Mapourika is a lake at 84 m above sea level in West Coast Region, New Zealand, 8.90 km² in area and 5.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
84 m
Length
5.2 km
Shoreline
17.4 km
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Lake

Lake Mapourika in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

5.2 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
17.4 km≈4¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Mapourika 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.2 × 7.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Mapourika terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Mapourika elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Mapourika weather

Today · Light rain · 10 / 15°C (50 / 59°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 23 km/h W

Lake Mapourika forecast for about 84 m.

  • Today10°15°0.8 mm23 km/h W
  • Sun11°16°15.7 mm22 km/h N
  • Mon10°14°96.3 mm50 km/h N
  • Tue8°13°1.0 mm28 km/h W
  • Wed8°12°27.9 mm23 km/h W
  • Thu4°12°6.1 mm20 km/h W
  • Fri9°12°10.6 mm21 km/h W
  • Sat11°13°33.5 mm10 km/h NE
  • Sun13°13°102.4 mm19 km/h NE
  • Mon11°15°12.3 mm19 km/h NE

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

Camping & parking near Lake Mapourika

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.6 km ENE

    +2 more within 2.1 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Ottos Corner

    2.9 km NE · +2 more within 6.4 km

  • Nearest hut

    7.4 km SW

  • Nearest caravan site

    Franz Josef NZMCA Park

    7.4 km S · +1 more within 7.7 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking1.6 km ENE
Parking1.8 km SE
Parking2.1 km ENE
Ottos CornerCampsite2.9 km NE
MacDonalds campsiteCampsite3.1 km NE
Franz Josef Top 10 Holiday ParkCampsite6.4 km SSW
Hut7.4 km SW
Franz Josef NZMCA ParkCaravan site7.4 km S
Orange SheepCaravan site7.7 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
63.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.3%
Steep, 30–45°
8.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
9.2% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view
423 m low point 74 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.2%Water 17.0%Grassland 6.2%

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 3.6 km; 193 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Great Egret12
  • Kidney fern12
  • Kahikatea11
  • Scarlet rātā vine11
  • Blue pinkgill10
  • Umbrella fern8
Where it sits

Where Lake Mapourika sits

Region
West Coast Region6New Zealand112Oceania282
Protected area
Westland Tai Poutini National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

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

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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 2025 (scene 2025-02-14)
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)
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