Southern Alps

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 289 words | Copyright

Southern Alps mountain range, on South Island, New Zealand, paralleling the west coast. It rises to 12,349 ft (3,764 m) at Mt. Aorangi (Mt. Cook), New Zealand's highest peak. Extensively glaciated, the snowcapped range has many deep gorges; Tasman and Franz Josef glaciers are there.

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