Lake Sparrow
Lake Sparrow is a mountain tarn in New Zealand's Anatoki Range. It is located within Kahurangi National Park in the South Island's Tasman Region. It lies at an elevation of some , and covers approximately . Lake Sparrow feeds a small tributary of the Stanley River close to its headwaters above Lake Stanley. References External links Tramping tracks around Lake Sparrow Sparrow Sparrow may refer to: Birds * Old World sparrows, family Passeridae * New World sparrows, family Passerellidae * two species in the Passerine family Estrildidae: ** Java sparrow ** Timor sparrow * Hedge sparrow, also known as the dunnock or hedg ...

Kahurangi National Park
Kahurangi National Park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand is the second largest of the thirteen national parks of New Zealand. It was gazetted in 1996 and covers , ranging to near Golden Bay in the north. Much of what was the North-west Nelson Forest Park formed the basis of the new park. Kahurangi Point, regarded as the boundary between the West Coast and Tasman Regions, is located in the park, as is Mount Owen. The main tramping tracks in the park are the Heaphy Track and the Wangapeka Track. The park is administered by the Department of Conservation. Tramping, rafting and caving are popular activities in the park. After being prohibited for several years, mountainbiking was allowed on the Heaphy Track on a trial basis for the winters of 2011, 2012 and 2013. The effect of the cyclists on trampers and the wildlife were to determine whether the trial continued or not. Endangered takahē were reintroduced to the park in 2018, which was 100 years after ...
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Stanley River (Tasman)
The Stanley River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows southeast from its sources in the Douglas and Anatoki Ranges, reaching the Waingaro River 12 kilometres west of Upper Takaka. The long Lake Stanley has the Stanley River as both its inflow and outflow. Above the lake the river has two branches, both called Stanley River. The lake is above sea level, up to wide and deep. The landslide lake was dammed when a spur of Mt Snowdon collapsed down a slope about high, during the 1929 Murchison Earthquake. The earthquake also formed Lower Lake Lindsay by a similar landslide, in the next valley to the north. In 2016 the Soper Shelter was built near the lake, replacing an earlier backcountry hut in the landslip area. Lake Sparrow is a tarn in the upper catchment of the valley. The entire length of the Stanley river is within Kahurangi National Park Kahurangi National Park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand is the second ...
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Tarn (lake)
A tarn (or corrie loch) is a proglacial mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. Etymology The word is derived from the Old Norse word ''tjörn'' ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England - predominantly Cumbria but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire - 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their location and origin (e.g. Talkin Tarn, Urswick Tarn, Malham Tarn). Similarly, in Scandinavian languages, a ''tjern'' or ''tjørn'' (both Norwegian) or ''tjärn'' or ''tärn'' (both Swedish) is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation closely surrounding it or growing into the tarn. The specific technical use for a body of water in a glacial corrie comes from high number of tarns found in corries in the Lake District, an upland area in Cumbria. Nonetheless, there are many more bodies of water ...
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Tasman Region
Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council, a unitary authority, which sits at Richmond, with community boards serving outlying communities in Motueka and Golden Bay / Mohua. The city of Nelson has its own unitary authority separate from Tasman District, and together they comprise a single region in some contexts, but not for local government functions or resource management (planning) functions. Name Tasman Bay, the largest indentation in the north coast of the South Island, was named after Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant Abel Tasman. He was the first European to discover New Zealand on 13 December 1642 while on an expedition for the Dutch East India Company. Tasman Bay passed the name on to the adjoining district, which was formed in 1989 largely from the merger of Waimea a ...
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Lake Stanley (Tasman)
The Stanley River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows southeast from its sources in the Douglas and Anatoki Ranges, reaching the Waingaro River 12 kilometres west of Upper Takaka. The long Lake Stanley has the Stanley River as both its inflow and outflow. Above the lake the river has two branches, both called Stanley River. The lake is above sea level, up to wide and deep. The landslide lake was dammed when a spur of Mt Snowdon collapsed down a slope about high, during the 1929 Murchison Earthquake. The earthquake also formed Lower Lake Lindsay by a similar landslide, in the next valley to the north. In 2016 the Soper Shelter was built near the lake, replacing an earlier backcountry hut in the landslip area. Lake Sparrow is a tarn in the upper catchment of the valley. The entire length of the Stanley river is within Kahurangi National Park Kahurangi National Park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand is the second ...
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