The Gray River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It arises in the Cameron Mountains in Fiordland National Park and flows south-west and then north-west into Revolver Bay, on the south side of Rakituma / Preservation Inlet.[1][2]

Gray River
Map
Route of the Gray River
Gray River is located in New Zealand
Gray River
Mouth of the Gray River
Gray River is located in South Island
Gray River
Gray River (South Island)
Native namePūharakeke (Māori)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
SourceCameron Mountains
 • coordinates46°04′42″S 166°50′17″E / 46.0782°S 166.8380°E / -46.0782; 166.8380
Mouth 
 • location
Revolver Bay
 • coordinates
46°05′25″S 166°44′05″E / 46.09027°S 166.73472°E / -46.09027; 166.73472
 • elevation
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Basin features
ProgressionGray River → Revolver Bay → Te Awaroa / Long SoundRakituma / Preservation InletTasman Sea

The river may have once flowed into Kisbee Bay, south of its current mouth, but it built a broad flat by depositing glacial debris, changing its course to Revolver Bay.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 104. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  2. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 240. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  3. ^ "The Geology of the Region about Preservation and Chalky Inlets, Southern Fiordland, N.Z.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961. Vol. 64. 1935. p. 80.