Lake Roxburgh

Lake Roxburgh
Location	Central Otago District, Otago Region, South Island
Coordinates	45°28′16″S 169°19′41″E / 45.471°S 169.328°E / -45.471; 169.328Coordinates: 45°28′16″S 169°19′41″E / 45.471°S 169.328°E / -45.471; 169.328
Type	Artificial lake
Primary inflows	Clutha River
Primary outflows	Clutha River
Basin countries	New Zealand
Surface area	6 km²

Lake Roxburgh is an artificial lake, created by the Roxburgh Dam, the earliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the southern South Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Clutha River, some 160 kilometres from Dunedin. It covers an area of some 6 km², and extends for nearly 30 kilometres towards the town of Alexandra. The town of Roxburgh lies five kilometres south of the Dam.