Blue Lake is the name of several lakes in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In all cases, the lakes are named for their distinctive colour; in two cases they contrast with nearby lakes called Green Lake:

Contents 1 In the North Island 2 In the South Island 3 On offshore islands 4 See also

In the North Island

• Blue Lake is an alternative name for Lake Tikitapu, near Rotorua. Green Lake is the name of four lakes in New Zealand. Two are named in comparison with neighbouring lakes called Blue Lake, while a third similarly is near Black Lake Tikitapu or Blue Lake, is the smallest of four small Lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty region Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua

In the South Island

• Blue Lake, Canterbury
• Blue Lake, Otago
• Blue Lake, Tasman

On offshore islands

• Blue Lake, Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands

See also

• List of lakes in New Zealand

Blue Lake is a small Lake at the foot of the Tasman Glacier in inland Canterbury, in the cental South Island of New Zealand. Blue Lake is a small Lake adjacent to the town of St Bathans in Central Otago, New Zealand. Blue Lake is the name of a tiny Lake in Nelson Lakes National Park, in the northern reaches of the Southern Alps. Blue Lake is the name of one of two tiny crater lakes on Raoul Island in New Zealand 's Kermadec Islands, the other being Green Lake. Kermadec Islands are an Island arc in the South Pacific Ocean. This is a list of lakes in New Zealand. There are 3820 Lakes in New Zealand with a Surface area larger than one Hectare.

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