NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND / AOTEAROA.

Scenery.
Lake Alexandrina.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 01.06.1983.
Face value: 70 cents of New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 877.
- Scott No. 787.
- StampWorld No. 896.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1319.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 847.

Lake Alexandrina (in Maori: Whakatukumoana) is located in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand’s South Island. It lies immediately to the west of the much larger Lake Tekapo and further to the east of Lake Pukaki. It is a shallow lake with distinct indications of glacial origin and is spring fed with an outlet on its eastern shore midway down the lake. It is located at an altitude of 732 m (2,402 ft) above sea level. Its area is 640 hectares (1,600 acres), its length 7.2 km (4.5 mi), its width 0.9 km (0.56 mi) and its maximum depth 27 m (89 ft).