Coal River (Fiordland)

Coal River
Route of the Coal River
Mouth of the Coal River Show map of Fiordland Coal River (Fiordland) (South Island) Show map of South Island Coal River (Fiordland) (New Zealand) Show map of New Zealand
Native name	Waimaku
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Lake Swan
• coordinates	45°28′48″S 166°48′19″E / 45.4799°S 166.8054°E / -45.4799; 166.8054
• elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)

Mouth
• location	Coal Bay
• coordinates	45°30′10″S 166°43′40″E / 45.5027°S 166.7278°E / -45.5027; 166.7278
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	13 km (8 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Coal River → Coal Bay → Tasman Sea
Waterbodies	Lake Beattie

The Coal River is a river of Fiordland, New Zealand. It rises south of Stephens Peak and flows south-westward into the Tasman Sea, draining Lakes Beattie, Swan and Paradise.^[1]

References

^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 96. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.

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v t e Fiordland, New Zealand
Fiords	Deep Cove Doubtful Sound / Patea Hāwea / Bligh Sound Hinenui / Nancy Sound Bradshaw Sound Milford Sound Taiari / Chalky Inlet Charles Sound Caswell Sound Tamatea / Dusky Sound Thompson Sound Sutherland Sound George Sound Breaksea Sound Dagg Sound Rakituma / Preservation Inlet
Bays	Big Bay Martins Bay Pearl Harbour Te Waewae Bay
Islands	Anchor Island Arran Island Bauza Island Bay Rock Belle Vue Island Breaksea Island Buncrana Island Centre Island Chalky Island Coal Island Cooper Island Elizabeth Island Great Island Indian Island Long Island Pomona Island Resolution Island Secretary Island
Lakes	Lake Alabaster Lake Alice Lake Fergus Lake Gunn Green Lake Lake Hauroko Lake Innes Lake Manapouri Lake Marian Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai Mirror Lakes Lake Monowai Lake Poteriteri Lake Te Anau Waiuna Lagoon
Marine reserves	Hawea (Clio Rocks) Kahukura (Gold Arm) Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm) Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) Taumoana (Five Finger Peninsula) Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound) Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound)
Mountain ranges	Darran Mountains Franklin Mountains Humboldt Mountains Hunter Mountains Kepler Mountains Murchison Mountains Wick Mountains
Mountains	Mitre Peak Mount Edgecumbe Mount Grono Mount Luxmore Mount Moturau Mount Richardson Mount Titiroa Mount Tūtoko
Rivers	Aan River Arthur River Awarua River Big River Bowen River Camelot River Carrick River Castle River Cavendish River Cleddau River Clinton River Coal River Dark River Donne River Doon River Dry Awarua River Edith River Eglinton River Electric River Elizabeth River Forgotten River George River Glaisnock River Gray River Grebe River Gulliver River Hollyford River Irene River John o'Groats River Juno River Kaipo River Light River Lyvia River Mike River Misty River Monowai River Namu River Newton River Olivine River Pandora River Pitt River Pyke River Rea River Red Pyke River Rooney River Seaforth River Shag River Spey River Stillwater River Talbot River Thurso River Transit River Tūtoko River Waiau River Waikōau River Wairaurāhiri River Waitutu River Walker River Wapiti River Whitewater River Wild Natives River Wilmot River Wilson River Windward River Wolff River
Waterfalls	Bowen Falls Browne Falls Grainger Falls Helena Falls Humboldt Falls Lady Alice Falls Sutherland Falls
Settlements	Manapouri Milford Sound Port Craig Te Anau
Structures	Homer Tunnel Manapouri Power Station Monowai Power Station Milford Road Port Craig tramway Te Anau Airport
Walking tracks	Dusky Track Hollyford Track Hump Ridge Track Kepler Track Kepler Challenge Milford Track Routeburn Track
Other features	Fiordland National Park McKinnon Pass Puysegur Point Te Ana-au Caves Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site West Cape Wilmot Pass

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