Bowen Falls

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

File:Bowen Falls in Fiordland National Park 15.jpg
Bowen Falls

The Bowen Falls (Template:Langx), also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand.[1]

The Script error: No such module "convert". long Bowen River located in Fiordland National Park supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound. Bowen Falls is one of just two permanent waterfalls that discharge into the fiord, and, at Script error: No such module "convert"., it is the tallest. The river and waterfalls were named for Diamantina Bowen (Lady Bowen), the wife of the fifth governor of New Zealand, George Bowen.[2] The governor visited Milford Sound aboard Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1871 and Bowen Falls was named to mark the occasion.[3]

The track from the Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls closed in 2002 after a rock face had become unstable. The waterfall was inaccessible for 15 years and could only be visited by boat. On 29 January 2018, a short on-demand boat service (Script error: No such module "convert". long[4]) was initiated that overcomes the unstable section. The round trip from Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls takes half an hour including the two boat trips.[2][5]

See also

References

Script error: No such module "Side box".

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Script error: No such module "Authority control".

Template:Fiordland


Template:Fiordland-geo-stub Template:Waterfall-stub