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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]
* Franz Josef Glacier * Fox Glacier * Tasman Glacier * Hukawai Glacier * Haast Glaciers
Many millenia, but the face at the lower altitude is older. They are a good way inland now, but some of the glaciers, I think, the neighbouring Fox Glacier, went all the way down to the sea on the West Coast of South Island New Zealand when Captain Cook was there around the 1700s.
43° 27′ 52″ S, 170° 1′ 4″ E-43.464444, 170.017778
Wherever the ancient fox did roam There you'll find his fossilized bones! In fields of grass or heathered field That's where he'd left his final yield And wanders no more from his home.
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Franz Joseph and Fox glaciers.
a long way away it's on the south island of New Zealand
The population of Fox Glacier is 375.
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.
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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]
There are many glaciers in the south island famous ones include Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers.
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.
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