Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox body of water Lake Alabaster / Wāwāhi Waka, also known by the Māori name of Waiwahuika, lies at the northern end of Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The lake runs from northeast to southwest, is Template:Convert, and covers Template:Cvt.<ref name="Irwin">Template:Cite Q</ref>
Lake Alabaster drains, and is drained by, the Pyke River, a small tributary of the Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is one of two lakes (along with Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai) found in the lower reaches of the Hollyford River system.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A branch of the Hollyford Track, one of New Zealand's most well-known and popular tramping tracks, extends along the eastern shore of the lake.<ref name=":0" />
The lake was formed at the southern end of a glacial valley and, had the sea level been slightly higher, would have been the northern arm of what might have been McKerrow Fiord.Template:Citation needed