Parkinsons Lake

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Parkinsons Lake
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Trout fishing on Parkinsons Lake
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Parkinsons Lake
Location Waikato District, North Island
Coordinates 37°18′53.2″S174°41′04.5″E / 37.314778°S 174.684583°E / -37.314778; 174.684583
Basin  countriesNew Zealand
Surface area1.92 ha (4.7 acres)

Parkinsons Lake is a eutrophic, 1.92 ha, sand dune lake in the Waikato District of New Zealand, [1] near the southern part of Karioitahi Beach. It was once choked by dense growths of native and introduced aquatic plants. [2]

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References

  1. "Place name detail: Parkinsons Lake". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand . Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. New Zealand. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, (1986). New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, Vol. 20, p. 219. ISSN   0028-8330