Lake Roundabout
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| Location | Ashburton District, Canterbury region, South Island |
| Coordinates | 43°37′23″S 171°05′42″E / 43.62306°S 171.09500°E |
| Surface elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft)[1] |
Lake Roundabout is a small high-country lake located in inland Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.[2] It is just to the north of Lake Emma, within the Hakatere Conservation Park.[1][3][4] The lake has an unnamed tributary from Lake Camp, and it drains to Lake Emma.[1] Lake Roundabout is part of the Ashburton Lakes (Ōtūwharekai), an area of cultural importance to the iwi Ngāi Tahu because the lakes were a significant food-gathering area and also on a main route for travel between the east and west coasts of the South Island (Te Waipounamu).[5]
The lake is popular for fishing and hiking. It can be accessed via a track from the Hakatere Potts road, and is approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Mount Somers.[1]
A case study report published by the Ministry for the Environment in 2023 reported that all the Ōtūwharekai / Ashburton Lakes were nutrient-enriched, with some at risk of deteriorating further into severe eutrophic states, changing from clear water with vegetation, to turbid algae-dominated water.[6] The study reported that pastoral farming was the source for more than 90% of nutrients.[7]
References
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Media related to Lake Roundabout at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b c d "NZ Topo Map - Lake Roundabout". topomap.co.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "New Zealand Gazetteer - Lake Roundabout". New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Hakatere Conservation Park" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Burgess, Allan (9 March 2017). "Lake Denny is one of the Ashburton Lakes in the Canterbury high country". Fishingmag.co.nz. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Lakes Camp and Clearwater". Ashburton District Council. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Davis, Sharon (3 December 2023). "Ashburton Lakes remediation plan expected to be complete before year end". Rural Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025 – via New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Õtüwharekai/Ashburton Lakes lessons-learnt report: A case study examining ongoing deterioration of water quality in the Otuwharekai lakes" (PDF). Ministry for the Environment. May 2023. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.