Fork Creek
Fork Creek is a stream in West Coast, South Island. Fork Creek is situated nearby to the village Fox Glacier.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fox Glacier and Cone Rock.
Fox Glacier
Photo: Steve & Jem Copley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox Glacier village is in "Glacier Country" on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Tucked discreetly into the rainforest-clad foothills of the Southern Alps, it has a stunning outlook across surrounding farms and offers breathtaking views of New Zealand’s two highest peaks, Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman.
Mount Mitchell
Peak
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Mount Mitchell is a peak, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Fork Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Glacier.
Fox Glacier
Village
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Fox Glacier, called Weheka until the 1940s, is a village on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The village is close to the eponymous Fox Glacier. Fox Glacier is situated 6 km northwest of Fork Creek.
Fork Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.50831° or 43° 30′ 30″ southLongitude
170.0501° or 170° 3′ 0″ eastElevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)Open location code
4V8GF3R2+M2GeoNames ID
6209072
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