Mount Tasman
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Mount Tasman (Te Horokōau in Māori)[1][2] is New Zealand's second-highest mountain, rising to a height of Script error: No such module "convert".. It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike Aoraki / Mount Cook, Mount Tasman sits on the South Island's Main Divide, on the border between Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. It is the highest point in Westland District.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The first ascent of Mount Tasman was in 1895 by Edward FitzGerald and his guide Matthias Zurbriggen.[3]
The Māori name (horo: to swallow; koau: shag or Phalacrocorax varius) is believed to refer to the swelling in the neck of a shag when it is swallowing a fish.[4]
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
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Gallery
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Mt Tasman north shoulder view south to summit, 21 March 1983
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Aoraki peak from Mt Tasman summit NZ Mon 21 March 1983 wideangle
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Mt Tasman north shoulder view west to Tasman Sea NZ Mon 21 March 1983
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Mt Tasman summit NZ view down the east face to Grand Plateau & Tasman glacier Mon 21 March 1983
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Mt Tasman peak looking SW from Mt Haidinger summit, 19 March 1983
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Mt Haast, Mt Lendenfeld, Mt Tasman and Torres Peak NZ helicopter view from NW, Nov 28 2008
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Mt Tasman helicopter view from SE above Grand Plateau, Nov 28 2008
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Mt Tasman viewed from north at helicopter landing on Fox nevé, Nov 28 2008
See also
References
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