Lake Ngakapua is a dune lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand.[1] It is located to the northwest of Awanui, near Waipapakauri on the Aupouri Peninsula.

The lake has no defined inflows or outflows. The lake consists of two basins; the North is smaller and deeper (2.2 ha in size, c. 8.2 m deep), while the South is larger and slightly shallower (6.7 ha in size, c. 5.2 m deep). The lake catchment area is predominantly pastoral, with some scrub and planted forest.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Lake Ngakapua". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Northland Lakes Ecological Status 2010". Northland Regional Council. Retrieved 27 April 2020.


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