Home
Search
Online Store
Books and Maps
Subscribe to WoW
Top 10 Waterfalls
Regional Top 10 Lists
Waterfall News
Visitor Comments
Share A Story
Travel Stories
Iguazu Falls
Victoria Falls
Niagara Falls
Angel Falls
Australia
Iceland
New Zealand
Norway
Africa
Latin America
South Pacific
Yosemite
Yellowstone
California
Hawaii
New York
American Southwest
Eastern US
Pacific Northwest
Photography Tips
Featured Articles
What's New?
Links
About Us
Contact Us
How We Built WoW
 

Sutherland Falls

Approaching Sutherland Falls



Sutherland Falls is New Zealand's mightiest waterfall. Plunging 580m in three distinct vertical leaps, it is amongst the tallest waterfalls in the world. There's a memorable story about how this waterfall got named.

This waterfall also vies with Browne Falls as well as Bluff Falls for the title of tallest waterfall in New Zealand. Depending on your definition of a waterfall, some people (such as the author of the World Waterfall Database) would say that both Browne and Bluff trumps Sutherland in height. Either way, there's no denying that it's Sutherland that's the most spectacular as it has the steepest slope and the most satisfying shape.

For more information on this waterfall such as...
  • maps
  • directions
  • detailed descriptions
refer to A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls
(Story Nature Press)
.
A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls

[BUY NOW!]



[Back to top]

Getting closer to the base of Sutherland FallsGetting closer to the base of the waterfall

Distant view of Sutherland Falls shrouded in rain clouds from the Milford TrackDistant view of the waterfall shrouded in rain clouds from the Milford Track



Tell us about your experience with this waterfall.



[Back to top]

[Go to previous waterfall: Stirling Falls]

[Go to next waterfall: Fairy Falls]

[Go to the South Island (Fiordland/Southland) Waterfalls Page]

[Go to the New Zealand Page]


[Return from Sutherland Falls to the World of Waterfalls Home Page]





footer for sutherland falls page