Lake Pukaki is the largest lake in the Mackenzie District covering 178 sq kms along the northern edge of the Mackenzie basin under the magnificent presence of New Zealand’s highest mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook.

Lake Pukaki is a large glacial fed lake located between Tekapo and Twizel. Aoraki / Mount Cook towers above the northern end of the lake and on a clear day can be seen 70 kilometres away from the southern shore of the lake.
Lake Pukaki formed when the terminal moraines of receding glaciers blocked the valley, forming a moraine-dammed lake. The lake has very good water quality, with it’s distinctive blue colour coming from extremely finely ground rock particles from the glacier, known as glacial flour (https://en.wikipedia.org/). The lake is a reservoir for hydro electric generation (www.lawa.org.nz).

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