{{Short description|Lake in New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox body of water |name = Lake Tuakitoto |image = Tuakitoto.jpg |alt = Lake Tuakitoto |caption = Lake Tuakitoto | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-point = none |pushpin_map=New Zealand Otago peninsula | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Tuakitoto |image_bathymetry = |caption_bathymetry = |location = [[South Island]] |coords = {{Coord|46|13|S|169|49|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} |type = |inflow = |outflow = |catchment = |basin_countries = New Zealand |length = |width = |area = |depth = |max-depth = |volume = |residence_time = |shore = |elevation = |islands = |cities = }} '''Lake Tuakitoto''' is a small [[lake]] in [[South Otago]], on the [[South Island]] of New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davison|first=Richard|date=2019-09-07|title=Options for Lake Tuakitoto to be presented|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/options-lake-tuakitoto-be-presented|access-date=2021-05-24|website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |language=en}}</ref> It is located to the northeast of [[Balclutha, New Zealand|Balclutha]], close to the small town of [[Kaitangata, New Zealand|Kaitangata]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-12|title=Lake Tuakitoto wetland community projects discussed at Kaitangata|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/104585643/lake-tuakitoto-wetland-community-projects-discussed-at-kaitangata|access-date=2021-05-24|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> The smallest of South Otago's three main lakes, it is, like the others ([[Lake Waihola]] and [[Lake Waipori]]) very shallow.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Rebecca|date=2014-06-09|title=Restoring Lake Tuakitoto big challenge|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/restoring-lake-tuakitoto-big-challenge|access-date=2021-05-24|website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |language=en}}</ref> The lake drains into the lower reaches of the [[Clutha River]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Lake Tuakitoto from SH1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Lake Tuakitoto seen from [[New Zealand State Highway 1|SH1]], four kilometres to the northwest]]
==References== {{Commons category|Lake Tuakitoto}} {{Reflist}} {{Clutha}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuakitoto, Lake}} [[Category:Lakes of Otago|Tuakitoto, Lake]] [[Category:Clutha River]]
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