Sutherland Falls, Fiordland National Park 9679
Sutherland Falls is a waterfall near Milford Sound in New Zealand’s South Island. At 580 metres the falls were long believed to be the tallest waterfall in New Zealand. However, Browne Falls cascades 843 metres down a mountainside in Doubtful Sound, leading some to view that as the tallest.
The water falls from Lake Quill in three cascades: the upper is 229 m tall, the middle is 248 m, and the lower is 103 m tall. A 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 walk from Quintin Public Shelter on the Milford Track.
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