Hooker River

The Hooker River is a river in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It flows south from Hooker Lake, the glacier lake of Hooker Glacier, which lies on the southern slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Cook Airport and Sebastopol.

Mount Cook Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Follash, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Cook Aerodrome is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Mount Cook Tourist Company built a small airfield at Birch Hill Flat, which opened on 3 May 1936.

Sebastopol

Peak

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sebastopol is a peak, which is situated 3 km west of Hooker River.

Governors Bush

Forest

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Governors Bush is a forest, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Hooker River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Cook National Park and Mount Cook Village.

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Several other high peaks of the South Island's Southern Alps are nearby.

Mount Cook Village

Village

Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.

Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Mount Cook Village is situated 3½ km northwest of Hooker River.

Hooker River

Latitude

-43.75° or 43° 45′ south

Longitude

170.13333° or 170° 8′ east

Elevation

675 metres (2,215 feet)

Open location code

4V8G742M+28

GeoNames ID

2189828

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