Description:

Black Rock Marshes.

Type/Class:

Marsh.

Size:

63.1 ha.

Altitude:

420 - 480 m above sea level.

Approximate location:

16 km East of Middlemarch; 1.5 km Southwest of Black Rock.
NZTM (centre point): E1390630 N4956800.

Regional Plan:

Water for Otago.
Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.9, Map F63.

Territorial Authority:

Dunedin City Council / Waitaki District Council.

Other Information:

• Composition of red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) ²

References:

² Ausseil, A.G., Newsome, P., Johnson, P. (2008) Wetland Mapping in the Otago Region. Landcare Research Contract Report prepared for the Otago Regional Council.

Aerial View of Black Rock Marshes(March 2005)

Black Rock Marshes (2008) ²