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Lake Wakatipu

310 m1,017 ft
Area
293 km²
Max depth
420 m
Tonight
10°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h NW

Lake Wakatipu is a lake at 310 m above sea level in Otago Region, New Zealand, 293 km² in area and 62.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
310 m
Length
62.0 km
Shoreline
211.4 km
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3D map

Lake Wakatipu 3D map

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Topographic map

Lake Wakatipu 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Wakatipu elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Lake Wakatipu in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
211.4 km
Weather

Lake Wakatipu weather

Today · Fair · 10 / 16°C (50 / 61°F) · Wind 22 km/h NW

Lake Wakatipu forecast for about 310 m.

  • Today10°16°–22 km/h NW
  • Sun12°17°3.6 mm26 km/h NW
  • Mon5°16°43.6 mm23 km/h N
  • Tue6°10°0.1 mm13 km/h W
  • Wed6°10°23.3 mm17 km/h NW
  • Thu5°9°6.8 mm11 km/h W
  • Fri9°11°2.2 mm15 km/h W
  • Sat10°15°5.1 mm13 km/h NW
  • Sun5°15°64.4 mm8 km/h NE
  • Mon5°5°3.7 mm5 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 Wakatipu

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Twelve Mile Delta Campsite

    2.4 km NNW · +1 more within 2.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Wilson Bay

    2.7 km N · +2 more within 2.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    2.8 km SE

    +1 more within 4.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Twelve Mile Delta CampsiteCampsite2.4 km NNW
Parking2.5 km NNW
Beach Point At Walter Peak CampsiteCampsite2.6 km SW
Wilson BayParking2.7 km N
Hut2.8 km SE
Parking2.8 km NW
Sam Summers HutHut4.8 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
37.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
26.6%
Steep, 30–45°
32.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.8%
Steeper than 30°
36.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,637 m low point 310 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 48.0%Water 25.5%Trees 24.2%Bare rock / sparse 1.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Lake Wakatipu.

NESW5 km10 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Home Hill941 m 2.7 km NNE
  2. 2Wedge Peak1,086 m 4.1 km NNE
  3. 3Walter Peak1,800 m 6.4 km SSE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,101 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • New Zealand Scaup205
  • Black-billed Gull198
  • Fly Agaric192
  • Ichneutica morosa165
  • Mountain beech155
  • Paradise Shelduck149
Where it sits

Where Lake Wakatipu sits

Region
Otago Region19New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia