🌲 Nelson Lakes National Park

New Zealand · Oceania · National Park · 42.04°S, 172.61°E

Nelson Lakes National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, at the northern end of the Southern Alps. It was created in 1956. The park contains beech forests, multiple lakes, snow-covered mountains and valleys created by glaciers during the ice ages.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	42.04°S, 172.61°E · view on map

Nelson Lakes National Park is a national park in New Zealand, in Oceania. The details of why Nelson Lakes National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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