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Aoraki / Mount Cook

Altitude of 3754 m (12,316 ft) 

The prominent 3754 m (12,316 ft)

Classification-37 

List of point location Ultra High Field 

Aoraki / Mount Cook South Island, southern New Zealand, 

the range of the coordinates 43 ° 35'44 Alps .69 "S 170 ° 8'27 .75" E 

coordinates: 43 ° 35'44 .69 "S 170 ° 8'27 .75" E

First ascent ascent 1894 by Tom Fyfe, George Graham, Jack Clarke 

easiest route glacier / snow / ice climbing Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching 3754 meters (12,316 feet). 

Located in the southern Alps, the mountains that extends the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, is also a challenge for mountain climbers favorite. 

Aoraki / Mount Cook is composed of three peaks are located a little south and east of the main lagoon, Low Peak, Middle Peak and High Peak, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the west.

Location

The mountain is on the National Aoraki / Mount Cook Park, which was founded in 1953 and, together with the Westland National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park as a UNESCO world heritage sites. This park contains more than 140 peaks standing over 2,000 meters (6600 feet) and 72 named glaciers, which cover 40 percent of the park of 700 square kilometers (170,000 hectares). Liquidation of Mt Cook Village is a tourist center and base camp for the mountain. It is 7 km from the end of the Tasman Glacier and 12 km south from the summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook. 

Climate

Aoraki / Mount Cook has received a large orographic rain all year round, wind, moisture laden westerly winds dominate throughout the year bringing rain clouds from the Tasman Sea with them. Annual rainfall of 4293 mm an unimaginable (169.0 in), about 36% less of total annual precipitation averages of Milford Sound, with regard to the wettest place in New Zealand.

Geology

Southern Alps of South Island are formed by tectonic and spirit of the pressure in the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates collide along the west coast. The spirit continued, increasing the Aoraki / Mount Cook an average of 7 mm (0.28 in) per year. However, erosive forces are also a powerful shaper of the mountains. Bad weather is caused by a mountain jutting into powerful westerly winds of the Roaring Forties which run around the latitude of about 45 ° S, southern Africa and Australia. Southern Alps is the first hurdle of natural wind after South Africa and Australia, after moving to the east through the Southern Ocean. 

Height of Aoraki / Mount Cook was founded in 1881 by GJ Roberts (west side) and in 1889 by TN Brodrick (Canterbury side). Their measurements agree closely 12 349 feet (3764 m). Reduced height of 10 meters (33 feet), when about 12-14 million cubic meters of rock and ice falls into the north end of December 14, 1991.  Mount Cook Alpine is located in a typical error, error of 650 km long active in the Southern Alps. Is responsible for the lifting of Mount Cook and considered moving every 100-300 years. This last move 1717.