Franz Josef Glacier
The Franz Josef Glacier is a 12-kilometre-long temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,036 metres
- Description: glacier in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Francis Joseph Glacier”, “Franz Josef”, “Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere”, and “Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lemmer Peak.
Lemmer Peak
Peak
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Lemmer Peak is situated 3 km northwest of Franz Josef Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franz Josef and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
Franz Josef
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franz Josef is a village and glacial area at the foot of the western slopes of Mount Cook, in the middle of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Westland Tai Poutini National Park is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Te Wahipounamu in South West New Zealand. The national park lies on the West Coast of the South Island in the Southern Alps, adjacent to Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and to the north of Mount Aspiring National Park.
Franz Josef Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Franz Josef Glacier” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Chelera Franz Josef”
- Aragonese: “Glaciar Franz Josef”
- Catalan: “Franz Josef Glacier”
- Cebuano: “Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere”
- Cebuano: “Franz Josef Glacier”
- Chinese: “法兰士·约瑟夫冰川”
- Chinese: “法蘭士·約瑟夫冰川”
- Chinese: “法蘭茲約瑟冰川”
- Croatian: “Ledenjak Franz Josef”
- Danish: “Franz Josef Glacier”
- Dutch: “Franz Josefgletsjer”
- Esperanto: “Glaĉero Franz Josef”
- Estonian: “Franz Josefi liustik”
- French: “glacier François-Joseph”
- French: “Glacier François-Joseph”
- French: “Glacier Franz Josef”
- French: “Glacier Franz Josef/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere”
- German: “Franz-Josef Gletscher”
- German: “Franz-Josef-Gletscher”
- Hungarian: “Ferenc József-gleccser”
- Indonesian: “Gletser Franz Josef”
- Italian: “Franz Josef Glacier”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Franz Josef”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Franz Josef”
- Japanese: “フランツ・ジョセフ氷河”
- Korean: “프란츠 조셉 빙하”
- Korean: “프란츠요제프 빙하”
- Maori: “Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere”
- Persian: “یخچال طبیعی فرانتس یوزف”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Franz Josef”
- Russian: “Ледник Франца-Иосифа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak Franz Josef”
- Slovenian: “Ledenik Franz Josef/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Franz Josef”
- Swedish: “Franz Joseph glaciär”
- Swedish: “Franz Joseph”
- Turkish: “Franz Josef Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Льодовик Франца Йосифа”
- Welsh: “Rhewlif Franz Josef”
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