Tasman Glacier
Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,249 metres
- Description: glacier in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Haupapa / Tasman Glacier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Haidinger and Douglas Peak.
Mount Haidinger
Peak
Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Haidinger is a mountain of the Southern Alps, located in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. It has a double peak, with the northern peak being nine meters lower than the southern peak. Mount Haidinger is situated 3½ km west of Tasman Glacier.
Douglas Peak
Peak
Douglas Peak is a 3,077 metres high mountain in the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand. It is located few kilometres northeast of the second highest mountain of the country, the 3,497 metres high Mount Tasman. Douglas Peak is situated 4 km northwest of Tasman Glacier.
Glacier Peak
Peak
Glacier Peak is a mountain located in the Southern Alps, in the South Island of New Zealand. Glacier Peak is situated 3½ km northwest of Tasman Glacier.
Tasman Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Mackenzie District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Tasman Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Turkish—“Tasman Glacier” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “तस्मान ग्लेशियर”
- Bulgarian: “Глетчер Тасман”
- Bulgarian: “Тасман”
- Cebuano: “Tasman Glacier”
- Chinese: “塔斯曼冰川”
- Chinese: “塔斯曼冰河”
- Czech: “Tasmanův ledovec”
- Danish: “Tasman-gletsjeren”
- Dutch: “Tasmangletsjer”
- French: “glacier Tasman”
- French: “Haupapa/Glacier Tasman”
- Georgian: “ტასმანის მყინვარი”
- German: “Tasman-Gletscher”
- Greek: “Παγετώνας Τάσμαν”
- Hebrew: “קרחון טסמן”
- Hungarian: “Tasman-gleccser”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Tasman”
- Japanese: “タスマン氷河”
- Korean: “타스만 빙하”
- Macedonian: “Тасманов Ледник”
- Maori: “Haupapa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tasman Glacier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tasmanbreen”
- Norwegian: “Tasmanbreen”
- Persian: “هاوپاپا/یخچال تاسمان”
- Polish: “Lodowiec Tasmana”
- Russian: “Ледник Тасмана”
- Russian: “Тасмана ледник”
- Serbian: “Tasmanov lednik”
- Serbian: “Тасманов ледник”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Tasman”
- Turkish: “Tasman Buzulu”
- “तस्मान ग्लेशियर”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Franz Josef and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haast and Emas Dome.
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