The Forgotten River is located in northern
Fiordland,
New Zealand
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and is a tributary of the
Olivine River
The Olivine River is a river in northern Fiordland, New Zealand. It rises north of the Cow Saddle and flows north, then north-west over Olivine Falls to become a tributary of the Pyke River near Olivine Hut. The Five Passes hiking (tramping) trai ...
. The Forgotten River starts at the Forgotten River Col at the western edge of the
Olivine Ice Plateau
The Olivine Ice Plateau is a glacier in the Olivine Wilderness Area and Aspiring National Park in New Zealand's South Island. The Plateau is named after the mineral olivine, which is common within the Dun Mountain Ophiolite that underlies the ar ...
in the Five Finger Range. It flows south-westward to join the Olivine River as a
hanging valley south of Four Brothers Pass.
The river was explored in 1864 by
Alphonse Barrington
Alphonse John Barrington (c.1832–15 December 1893) was a New Zealand gold prospector
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Train ...
, James Farrell and Antoine Simonin. It is currently within the Olivine
Wilderness Area
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which has limited aircraft access.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
Forgotten River and the Olivine Ice PlateauThe New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 8 (November 1, 1937)
Guide to the Forgotten River area by Shaun BarnettWilderness Magazine (July 18, 2017)
Rivers of Fiordland
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