The Gray River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It arises in the Cameron Mountains in Fiordland National Park and flows south-west and then north-west into Revolver Bay, on the south side of Rakituma / Preservation Inlet.[1][2]
Gray River | |
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Route of the Gray River | |
Native name | Pūharakeke (Māori) |
Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Cameron Mountains |
• coordinates | 46°04′42″S 166°50′17″E |
Mouth | |
• location | Revolver Bay |
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• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Gray River → Revolver Bay → Te Awaroa / Long Sound → Rakituma / Preservation Inlet → Tasman Sea |
The river may have once flowed into Kisbee Bay, south of its current mouth, but it built a broad flat by depositing glacial debris, changing its course to Revolver Bay.[3]
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