Type Tiered Average
flow rate 11 m/s Longest drop 248 m | Total height 581 m Number of drops 3 | |
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Location Fiordland, New Zealand, Address Fiordland National Park 9679, New Zealand Similar Milford Track, Mackinnon Pass, Kaieteur Falls, Browne Falls, Fiordland National Park | ||
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Sutherland Falls is a waterfall near Milford Sound in New Zealand's South Island. At 580 metres (1,904 feet) the falls were long believed to be the tallest waterfall in New Zealand. However, Browne Falls cascades 843 metres (2,766 feet) down a mountainside in Doubtful Sound, leading some to view that as the tallest.
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Water falls in three cascades, the upper is 229 m tall, middle - 248 m, lower - 103 m tall. Vertical fall of 580 m is made over 480 m of horizontal distance, thus the mean grade of falls is approximately 56 degrees.
The base of Sutherland Falls is a 90 minutes (return) walk from Quintin Public Shelter on the Milford Track.
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References
Sutherland Falls Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA