| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Southern Alps |
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| 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 Zealands highest peak. Extensively glaciated, the snowcapped range has many deep gorges; Tasman and Franz Josef glaciers are there. |
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