The Bowen Falls (Māori: Hineteawa), also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long Bowen River located in Fiordland National Park supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound. Bowen Falls is one of just two permanent waterfalls that discharge into the fiord, and, at 162 metres (531 ft), it is the tallest. The river and waterfalls were named for Diamantina Bowen (Lady Bowen), the wife of the fifth governor of New Zealand, George Bowen. The governor visited Milford Sound aboard HMS Clio in 1871 and Bowen Falls was named to mark the occasion.
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| - Bowen Falls (de)
- Bowen Falls (en)
- Chutes Bowen (fr)
- Водоспад Боуен (uk)
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| - Die Bowen Falls im Milford Sound/Piopiotahi auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland gehören zu den imposantesten Wasserfällen des Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. (de)
- Les chutes Bowen, en anglais Bowen Falls, sont une chute d'eau côtière de Nouvelle-Zélande qui se jette dans Milford Sound, un fjord de la mer de Tasman. Elles constituent l'embouchure du fleuve Bowen. Les chutes sont nommées d’après (en), la femme de George Bowen, le cinquième gouverneur général de Nouvelle-Zélande. (fr)
- Водоспа́д Бо́уен, Бовен (англ. Bowen Falls) — народжений самою природою водоспад на шляху однойменної річки , що тягнеться на 8 кілометрів у мальовничій долині. (uk)
- The Bowen Falls (Māori: Hineteawa), also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long Bowen River located in Fiordland National Park supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound. Bowen Falls is one of just two permanent waterfalls that discharge into the fiord, and, at 162 metres (531 ft), it is the tallest. The river and waterfalls were named for Diamantina Bowen (Lady Bowen), the wife of the fifth governor of New Zealand, George Bowen. The governor visited Milford Sound aboard HMS Clio in 1871 and Bowen Falls was named to mark the occasion. (en)
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| - The Bowen Falls (Māori: Hineteawa), also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long Bowen River located in Fiordland National Park supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound. Bowen Falls is one of just two permanent waterfalls that discharge into the fiord, and, at 162 metres (531 ft), it is the tallest. The river and waterfalls were named for Diamantina Bowen (Lady Bowen), the wife of the fifth governor of New Zealand, George Bowen. The governor visited Milford Sound aboard HMS Clio in 1871 and Bowen Falls was named to mark the occasion. The track from the Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls closed in 2002 after a rock face had become unstable. The waterfall was inaccessible for 15 years and could only be visited by boat. On 29 January 2018, a short on-demand boat service (120 metres or 390 feet long) was initiated that overcomes the unstable section. The round trip from Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls takes half an hour including the two boat trips. (en)
- Die Bowen Falls im Milford Sound/Piopiotahi auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland gehören zu den imposantesten Wasserfällen des Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. (de)
- Les chutes Bowen, en anglais Bowen Falls, sont une chute d'eau côtière de Nouvelle-Zélande qui se jette dans Milford Sound, un fjord de la mer de Tasman. Elles constituent l'embouchure du fleuve Bowen. Les chutes sont nommées d’après (en), la femme de George Bowen, le cinquième gouverneur général de Nouvelle-Zélande. (fr)
- Водоспа́д Бо́уен, Бовен (англ. Bowen Falls) — народжений самою природою водоспад на шляху однойменної річки , що тягнеться на 8 кілометрів у мальовничій долині. (uk)
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