Mount Cook
Soaring 12,315 feet (3,750 meters) over the Southern Alps of New Zealand’s South Island, Mt. Cook (Aoraki) is Australasia’s highest mountain and the grand centerpiece of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.
Declared a World Heritage park in 1986, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park sits within the Mackenzie Basin and boasts over 30 mountain peaks measuring 3,000 metres or higher. It also has five of New Zealand’s largest glaciers, including the Tasman Glacier at 21km in length.
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