Story: Glaciers and glaciation

Lake Quill and the Sutherland Falls

Lake Quill fills a large, steep-sided basin and overflows into the Sutherland Falls, which drop 580 metres in three stages.

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Eileen McSaveney, Glaciers and glaciation – Retreating ice and the glacier legacy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10749/lake-quill-and-the-sutherland-falls (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 April 2021.

Comments

Peter Merz
09 August 2010

How do I get there?