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Elizabeth River (New Zealand)
The
Elizabeth River
,
New Zealand
is a
river
of
Fiordland, New Zealand
. It rises north of
Mount George
and flows westward through
Fiordland National Park
into the
Malaspina Reach
of
Doubtful Sound
at
Olphert
Cove
.
Elizabeth Island
is in
the Reach
by the
river mouth
.
The river
and island were named by
Captain
John Grono
after his
brig
Elizabeth
in late 1822 or early
1823
.