Gulliver River

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| map_caption = Route of the Gulliver River

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| pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of the Gulliver River

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| mouth_location = Cleddau River

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| subdivision_name1 = New Zealand

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| subdivision_name2 = Southland

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| subdivision_name3 = Southland

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| progression = Gulliver River → Cleddau River → Milford Sound → Tasman Sea

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The Gulliver River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It starts in the Darran Mountains on the north slope of Mount Talbot,[https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/21957 Gulliver River], New Zealand Gazetteer, Retrieved 24 December 2024. and flows north and then west into the Cleddau River, which runs into Milford Sound.{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=maps 200, 212}} The river was named in 1906 by W.G. Grave for Alf Grenfell, who had a nickname of "Gulliver".{{cite book|title=Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide|edition=9th|year=1994|page=459}} A track along the Gulliver River from the Cleddau is suitable for day walks in summer and autumn{{cite web|url=http://www.milfordlodge.com/DayWalks.html |title=Day Walks |accessdate=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609035341/http://www.milfordlodge.com/DayWalks.html |archivedate=June 9, 2009 }} and can be extended on the Grave Talbot Track into the Espereance valley, past the {{Convert|59|m||abbr=on}} high De Lambert Falls and over the Grave Talbot Pass.{{Cite web|url=http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/si/fiordland/darran-mountains/cleddau-river/gulliver-river|title=Gulliver River|website=climbnz.org.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}}

In 1975 three remaining kākāpō in the Esperance and Gulliver Valleys were moved to Maud Island.{{Cite web|url=https://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_53_1_55.pdf|title=The habitat, food and feeding ecology of kakapo in Fiordland|last=Gray|first=Richard|date=1977}}