4-763: The Cobb Reservoir is a hydro storage lake fed by the Cobb River in the Tasman District of the South Island of New Zealand. The reservoir feeds the Cobb Power Station and is 819 metres (2,687 ft) above sea level but drops significantly with low rainfall. Cobb Reservoir is the highest hydro storage lake in New Zealand, and is entirely surrounded by Kahurangi National Park . The reservoir, dam, penstock and powerhouse are excluded from
8-567: The area surrounding the valley. The road was built in the 1940s and remains unsealed from Cobb Power Station onwards. The access road to the reservoir is the only road into the interior of Kahurangi National Park. Cobb River (New Zealand) The Cobb River is a river in the Tasman Region of New Zealand . It flows southeast from Lake Cobb on the northern slopes of Mount Cobb , in Kahurangi National Park , in
12-426: The national park. The dam that forms the reservoir was built from 1949 to 1954, replacing a smaller structure built about ten years earlier. It is an earth dam 32 metres (105 ft) high by 221 metres (725 ft) long. The geology of the area precluded the construction of a concrete dam. A narrow winding road leads over Cobb Ridge to Cobb Reservoir and along the lake's shore, providing access to tramping tracks in
16-525: The northwestern South Island . The river's waters are captured behind a dam to become the Cobb Reservoir ; the outflow continues to join with the Tākaka River . The river is named for J.W. Cobb, a local mill owner. Brown and rainbow trout are available for fishing in the river. A tramping track follows the river between Lake Cobb and the reservoir and there are several backcountry huts in
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