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Encyclopedia > Browne Falls

Browne Falls are a waterfall in Doubtful Sound, which is located in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. In breathtaking scenery amidst temperate rain forest, the falls cascade 619 metres to the fiord near Hall Arm. Their source is a tarn which when full, overflows down the side of the mountain face (similar to Sutherland's source). Waterfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Typical view of the Doubtful Sound. ... Milford Sound: Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1692 meters above the Sound. ...


The falls are one of the two candidates for the title of New Zealand's highest waterfall. The other is another tarn behind Elizabeth Island also in Fiordland) Fiordland is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island of New Zealand. ...


There are two other falls of note in Doubtful Sound itself - "Helena" and "Lady Alice".


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Five years later, John Browne (a relative of the present owner) was dispatched to England to buy a piece of property in St. Ann, but on arrival realised found that the farm had already been sold.
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