Hooker Lake

It is in the Hooker Valley, in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand's South Island, just south of Aoraki / Mount Cook.

The geographic Hooker items were named by the Canterbury provincial geologist, Julius von Haast, after British botanist William Jackson Hooker.

[5] The lake is one of the most accessible glacier lakes and can be reached year-round from the White Horse Hill camp ground near Mount Cook Village via the well-formed Hooker Valley Track.

The icebergs slowly drift from the terminus of the glacier at the northern end of the lake until close to the shore.

[6] Hooker Lake drains into Hooker River, its glacial waters blueish light grey due to the suspended glacial rock flour.

Shore of the frozen lake in winter, with people walking onto the ice