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, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Aoraki / Mount Cook is situated 10 km east of Welchman Glacier.

Mount Cook National Park

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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.

Welchman Glacier

Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,369 metres
Category: landform
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.74832° or 43° 44′ 54″ south

Longitude

169.98009° or 169° 58′ 48″ east

Elevation

2,369 metres (7,772 feet)

Open location code

4V8F7X2J+M2

GeoNames ID

6209231

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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