Drive time = 6hrs Distance in Km's 450 Distance in miles 282
The population of Fox Glacier is 375.
NZ does have glaciers. The Fox glacier and the Franz Josef glacier. Both are in the South Island. Fox glacier is 13kms long and the Franz Josef glacier is 11kms long. Tasman Glacier is the longest at 29kms.
* Franz Josef Glacier * Fox Glacier * Tasman Glacier * Hukawai Glacier * Haast Glaciers
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Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina Glacier Bay, Alaska Furtwangler Glacier, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Pasterze Glacier, Austria Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland Yulong Glacier, China Fox and Franz Joseph, New Zealand Athabasca Glacier, Canada Biafo Glacier, Pakistan Antaractica
The "as the crow flies" distance is 817.7 miles.
The fox glacier has been retreating for most of the last 100 years but started advancing in 1985. In 2006 the advance rate was 1 metre a week.
The South Island of New Zealand has several large glaciers. One major ice field is known as the Fox Glacier while another is called the Tasman Glacier.
Franz Joseph and Fox glaciers.
a long way away it's on the south island of New Zealand
The Fox Glacier (Te Moeka o Tuawe in Māori)[1][2]is a 13 km long glacierlocated in Westland National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.[3]It was named in 1872 after a visit by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir William Fox.[4]Fox GlacierCoordinates: 43°27′52″S 170°1′4″E / 43.46444°S 170.01778°E / -43.46444; 170.01778Country New Zealand Region West Coast District Westland District Population (2006) - Total 375View of the glacier from the valley below.The glacier reaching the rainforest.The Fox Glacier (Te Moeka o Tuawe in Māori)[1][2]