Aorangi, Mount
Mount Aorangi (ouräng´ē), Mount Aoraki (ouräk´ē) [both: Maori,=cloud in the sky], or Mount Cook, 12,254 ft (3,735 m) high, on the South Island, New Zealand, in the Southern Alps; highest peak of New Zealand. Several glaciers, including the Tasman and Hooker, radiate from its flanks.
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