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In December 1910, Freda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, [128] and in 1913 her climbing party made the first ascents of the Footstool and Mount Sefton. Mountaineering on the Aoraki / Mount Cook massif is a hazardous activity. [129] In 1982, Mark Inglis and his climbing partner were trapped in a snow cave for two ...
Aoraki / Mount Cook [a] is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014 [update] , is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). [ 2 ] It is situated in the Southern Alps , the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island .
Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, [a] is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) [3] south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.
It is located six kilometres north of Mount Cook Village and set on the boundary shared by Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north into the Copland River and south to the Hooker River .
Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain and Aoraki/Mount Cook village lie within the park. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and landscape.
Deutsch: Aoraki/Mount Cook (The Hermitage), das kleine Refugium ist Ausgangpunkt für Wandern, Bergsteigen und Skifahren im Mount-Cook-Nationalpark (Neeseeland, Südinsel). Simple English: Aoraki / Mount Cook (The Hermitage), the small refuge is the starting point for hiking, mountaineering and skiing in Mount Cook National Park (Neeseeland ...
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