Ōmoeroa River
River in New Zealand
43°27′51″S 170°08′48″E / 43.4642°S 170.1467°E / -43.4642; 170.1467
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The Ōmoeroa River is a river of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from its source high in the Southern Alps, 14 kilometres north of Aoraki / Mount Cook, reaching the Tasman Sea 12 kilometres west of Franz Josef.[1]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the long sleep" for Ōmoeroa.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Ōmoeroa River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
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Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
- Mount Dampier
- Douglas Peak
- Mount Elie de Beaumont
- Mount Haast
- Mount Hicks
- La Perouse
- Lendenfeld Peak
- The Minarets
- Mount Sefton
- Silberhorn
- Mount Tasman
- Mount Teichelmann
- Torres Peak
- Mount Vancouver
- Agassiz Glacier
- Douglas Glacier
- Fox Glacier
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Balfour River
- Callery River
- Clearwater River
- Cook River / Weheka
- Copland River
- Douglas River
- Fox River
- Hinatua River
- Karangarua River
- Ōmoeroa River
- Ōkārito River
- Ruera River
- Strauchon River
- Totarakaitorea River
- Troyte River
- Waiho River
- Waikūkūpa River
- Waitangitāhuna River
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