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Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier, called Weheka until the 1940s, is a village on the West Coast of the of New Zealand. The village is close to the eponymous Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe.
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  • Type: Village with 249 residents
  • Description: locality in Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Fox Glacier Village”, “Te Weheka”, “Tuawe”, and “Weheka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Our Lady of the Snows and Fox Glacier School.

Church
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is a church.

School
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Fox Glacier

Latitude
-43.46447° or 43° 27′ 52″ south
Longitude
170.01772° or 170° 1′ 4″ east
Population
249
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Named after
Fox Glacier
IATA airport code
FGL
United Nations Location Code
NZ FGL
Open location code
4V8GG2P9+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 176957437
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2179565
Wiki­data ID
Q48767993
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Satellite Map

Discover Fox Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Fox Glacier” goes by many names.

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