Tasman Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Tasman Lake
image_lake = Tasman lake panorama .jpg
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location = Mount Cook National Park, South Island
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basin_countries = New Zealand
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area = 1.95 km² (1993)
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max-depth = >100 m
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elevation = 727 m (1993)
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Tasman Lake is located in the Mount Cook National Park on the South Island in New Zealand. [ [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?p=9100 Tasman Lake] , New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, Place Name Detail, Land Information New Zealand website, retrieved 18 April 2008.] It is famous for being among the only freshwater lakes in the world with icebergs. [Hochstein et al. "Downwasting of the Tasman Glacier, South Island, New Zealand: changes in the terminus region between 1971 and 1993"] The lake itself is a 'turning-back point' on the many hikes in the area surrounding Mount Cook.Like many other geographic places in both New Zealand and Australia, it is named after Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman.

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* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/PlaceProfile.aspx?id=38406 Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park] (from the New Zealand Department of Conservation)