Copland River
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The Copland River is a river on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It flows for Script error: No such module "convert". from its headwaters in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana to its confluence with the Karangarua River.[1]
The headwaters of the Copland lie only Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Aoraki / Mount Cook in a valley overlooked by the peaks of Mount Sefton and Dilemma Peak. A popular tramping track known as the Copland Track follows the river and leads to the Welcome Flat hot springs. The track leads onto the Copland Pass and the Copland Glacier.[2]
The river lies within the Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
History
In the 1890s New Zealand surveyor‑explorer Charlie Douglas conducted an expedition up the Copland River.[3]
References
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