Fox Glacier (Māori: Te Moeka o Tuawe; officially Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe)[1] is a 13-kilometre-long (8.1 mi) temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.[2] Like nearby Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier is one of the most accessible glaciers in the world, with a terminal face as low as 300 m above sea level, close to the village of Fox Glacier. It is a major tourist attraction and about 1000 people daily visit it during high tourist season.
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FoxGlacier (Māori: Te Moeka o Tuawe; officially FoxGlacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe) is a 13-kilometre-long (8.1 mi) temperate maritime glacier located in...
temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the FoxGlacier 20 kilometres...
FoxGlacier Hotel is a hotel in FoxGlacier, on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Completed in 1928 for the Sullivan brothers, the building...
helicopter, operated by Alpine Adventures on a sightseeing flight, crashed on FoxGlacier in the South Island of New Zealand. All seven people on board died. Alpine...
Lookout or FoxGlacier View Point, is a scenic viewing point and cultural heritage site located nine kilometres (5.6 mi) to the west of the FoxGlacier township...
FoxGlacier Aerodrome (IATA: FGL, ICAO: NZFO) is a small landing strip serving tourist sightseeing and skydiving flights over the FoxGlacier and Southern...
A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiər, ˈɡleɪsiər/) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms...
small glacial lake in South Westland, New Zealand, near the township of FoxGlacier. It was a traditional food-gathering place for local Māori. An easy walking...
or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier. Commonly house-sized or larger, they are dangerous to mountaineers, since...
retreating. The FoxGlacier was originally named the Albert glacier by explorer Julius von Haast, though the name was eventually changed to Fox in honor of...
Coast's glaciers, most notably including the Fox / Te Moeka o Tuawe and Franz Josef / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere glaciers. The small tourist towns of Fox Glacier...
Chancellor Ridge near the edge of a cliff, 200 metres (660 ft) above the FoxGlacier, at an altitude of 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) above sea level in the Westland...
deliberately shot. For example, in the late 1990s, a FoxGlacier resident killed 33 kea in the glacier car park and in 2008, two kea were shot in Arthur's...
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