Coordinates: 45°59′09″S 166°31′55″E / 45.9859°S 166.532°E / -45.9859; 166.532

Grainger Falls

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Grainger Falls
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LocationFiordland National Park
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WatercourseGrainger Stream

Grainger Falls is a waterfall in Fiordland, New Zealand.[1] It is a combination of a tiered and fan type waterfall.

Grainger Falls was first recorded by Andreas Reischek, an Austrian who explored New Zealand in the 1880s. He named the waterfall after his friend Alfred Grainger.[2] Its exact location was established on 6 February 2006, by David Richards and Roy Gordon Grainger.[3] As the stream which drains Lake Hector and contains the waterfall was unnamed, the NZ Geographic Naming Board called it Grainger Stream. Grainger Falls and Stream are now recorded in the New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names.[4] They are shown on the West Cape (CF04) map which is part of the NZ Topo50 series.

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References

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  1. ^ Grainger Falls New Zealand Place Names Database (Archived). Land Information, New Zealand (LINZ). Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  2. ^ Reischek, Andreas. Yesterdays in Maoriland. Jonathon Cape, London, 1930, page 248.
  3. ^ http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/grainger/gf/index.html Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Grainger's website. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/nz-gazetteer-official-names Gazetteer of NZ place names.

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