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Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea from the air

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Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea from the air
The western arm of Lake Hāwea (foreground) nearly joins Lake Wānaka (background) at ‘the Neck’, a narrow zone of moraine (debris carried by glaciers) that separates the two glacier-created lakes.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22884/lakes-wanaka-and-hawea-from-the-air (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.