Wills River

River in New Zealand

Wills River

Route of the Wills River

Mouth of the Wills River

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Wills River (New Zealand)

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Etymology| Named after William John Wills
Location
Country| New Zealand
Region| West Coast
District| Westland
Physical characteristics
Source|
• coordinates| 44°00′03″N 169°35′24″E﻿ / ﻿44.0009°N 169.59°E﻿ / 44.0009; 169.59
Mouth|

• location

| Haast River

• coordinates

| 44°02′43″S 169°23′13″E﻿ / ﻿44.0453°S 169.3869°E﻿ / -44.0453; 169.3869
Length| 19 km (12 mi)
Basin features
Progression| Wills River → Haast River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries|
• left| Kea Creek, Hold Creek, Cheap Creek, Sweet Nell Creek, Safe Creek, Lost Creek, Dark Creek, Connors Creek, Rabbit Creek, Lodore Creek, Cascade Creek, Fleming Creek, Brewster Creek, Torrance Creek, Brae Creek, Plover Creek
• right| Clumsy Creek, Swift Creek, Crook Creek, Shell Creek, Dredge Creek, Dun Creek, Dukes Creek, Lily Creek, Pansy Creek, Talent Creek, Shale Creek, Slip Creek

The Wills River is a river of the southern West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows west to reach the Haast River 10 kilometres north of the Haast Pass.

The river was named by Julius von Haast when he searched for a crossing from Otago to the West Coast. It is named for William John Wills of the Burke and Wills expedition. The nearby Burke River is named for Robert O'Hara Burke.[1]

## See also

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* List of rivers of New Zealand

## References

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1. ^ Holm, Janet (2005). Caught mapping: the life and times of New Zealand's early surveyors. Christchurch: Hazard Press. p. 170\. OCLC 636380050.

"Place name detail: Wills River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

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Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

Mountains|

* Mount Aspiring / Tititea
* Mount Avalanche
* Mount Brewster
* Mount Castor
* Mount Earnslaw
* Mount Edward
* Mount Franklin
* Mount Maori
* Mount Pollux
* Rob Roy Peak

Mountain ranges|

* Humboldt Mountains

Glaciers|

* Dart Glacier
* Olivine Ice Plateau
* Rob Roy Glacier
* Volta Glacier

Gorges and mountain passes|

* Gates of Haast
* Haast Pass

Rivers|

* Arawhata River
* Barrier River
* Bettne River
* Blue River
* Blue Duck River
* Bonar River
* Burke River
* Cascade River
* Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
* Donald River
* Drake River
* Fish River
* Forgotten River
* Haast River
* Joe River
* Kitchener River
* Makarora River
* Matukituki River
* Mueller River
* Ngatau River
* Okuru River
* Olivine River
* Pearson River
* Pyke River
* Red Pyke River
* Routeburn River
* Te Naihi River
* Turnbull River
* Waiatoto River
* Waipara River
* Whitbourn River
* Wilkin River
* Williamson River
* Wills River
* Young River

Waterfalls|

* Bridal Veil Falls
* Fantail Falls
* Roaring Billy Falls
* Thunder Creek Falls

Walking tracks|

* Cascade Saddle Track
* Rees and Dart Tracks
* Routeburn Track
* Routeburn Classic

Other|

* Haast-Hollyford road
* Lake Sylvan
* Pleasant Flat

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Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand

Alpine passes|

* Arthur's Pass
* Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka
* Copland Pass
* Haast Pass

Bays|

* Bruce Bay
* Jackson Bay

Canyons, gorges
and waterfalls|

* Fantail Falls
* Gates of Haast
* Hokitika Gorge
* Otira Gorge
* Roaring Billy Falls
* Thunder Creek Falls

Glaciers|

* Agassiz Glacier
* Douglas Glacier
* Fox Glacier
* Franz Josef Glacier
* Garden of Eden Ice Plateau
* Olivine Ice Plateau
* Volta Glacier

Headlands|

* Abut Head
* Awarua Point
* Gillespies Point
* Knights Point

Islands|

* Bignell Reef
* Browne Island
* Open Bay Islands

Lakes and lagoons|

* Abel Lake
* Alpine Lake / Ata Puai
* Lake Ellery
* Lake Gault
* Lake Ianthe
* Lake Kaniere
* Lake Mahinapua
* Lake Mapourika
* Lake Matheson
* Lake Moeraki
* Ōkārito Lagoon
* Lake Paringa
* Saltwater Lagoon
* Lake Wahapo

Mountain ranges|

* Butler Range
* Southern Alps

Mountains|

* Mount Adams
* Aoraki / Mount Cook
* Mount Aspiring / Tititea
* Mount Brewster
* Mount Dampier
* Mount Graham
* Mount Haast
* Mount Hopkins
* La Perouse
* Lendenfeld Peak
* Mount Rolleston
* Mount Sefton
* Silberhorn
* Mount Tasman
* Mount Vancouver
* Mount Whitcombe

River flats|

* Pleasant Flat

Rivers|

* Adams River
* Arahura River
* Arawhata River
* Balfour River
* Barlow River
* Barn River
* Bettne River
* Big Wainihinihi River
* Burke River
* Butler River
* Callery River
* Cascade River
* Clarke River
* Clearwater River
* Cook River / Weheka
* Copland River
* Cropp River
* Deception River
* Donald River
* Douglas River
* Drake River
* Duncan River
* Edison River
* Fork River
* Fox River
* Gorge River
* Gunn River
* Haast River
* Hacket River
* Hall River
* Hapuka River
* Harman River
* Hinatua River
* Hokitika River
* Hope River
* Jackson River
* Jerry River
* Kaniere River
* Karangarua River
* Kokatahi River
* Lambert River
* Landsborough River
* Lord River
* Macfarlane River
* Mahitahi River
* Jacobs River
* Manakaiaua River
* Maori River
* Martyr River
* Mikonui River
* Moeraki River
* Morse River
* Mueller River
* Mungo River
* Ngatau River
* North Barlow River
* Ohinemaka River
* Ōhinetamatea River
* Ōkārito River
* Okuru River
* Ōmoeroa River
* Oneone River
* Otehake River
* Ōtira River
* Ōtoko River
* Paringa River
* Perth River
* Poerua River
* Rolleston River
* Rotokino River
* Ruera River
* Ship Creek
* Smoothwater River
* Smyth River
* Spoon River
* Stafford River
* Strauchon River
* Styx River
* Taipo River
* Taramakau River
* Te Naihi River
* Te Rahotaiepa River
* Toaroha River
* Tōtara River
* Totarakaitorea River
* Troyte River
* Tuke River
* Turnbull River
* Waiatoto River
* Waiho River
* Waikūkūpa River
* Waipara River
* Waita River
* Waitaha River
* Waitangitāhuna River
* Waitangiroto River
* Wanganui River
* Whakaikai River
* Whakapohai River
* Whataroa River
* Whitcombe River
* Wilkinson River
* Willberg River
* Williamson River
* Wills River

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