Southern Alps
The Southern Alps are a range of mountains that run the length of the South Island of New Zealand. This mountain range has been likened to the Alps of Europe.
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Southern Alps
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,036 metres
- Description: mountain range on the South Island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Alp Selatan”, “Alpes Meridionales”, “Alpes Neocelandeses”, “Alpes Neozelandeses”, “Alpi neozelandesi”, “Alpii de Sud”, “Alpy Nowozelandzkie”, “Great Southern Alps”, “Hegoaldeko Alpe”, “Jaunzēlandes Alpi”, “New Zealand Alps”, “New Zealand Sørlige Alper”, “Nov-Zelandaj Alpoj”, “Nya Zeeländska alperna”, “Nyzeeländska alperna”, “Pegunungan Alp Selatan”, “Södra Alperna”, “Sørlige alper”, “Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana”, “SOUTHERN ALPS/KA TIRITIRI O TE MOANA”, “Südalpen”, “Südliche Alpen”, “Альпи Південні”, “Новозеландские Альпы”, “სამხრეთ ალპები”, “남 알프스”, “남알프스”, “서던 알프스”, “서던 알프스 산맥”, “サザン・アルプス山脈”, “サザンアルプス”, and “サザンアルプス山脈”
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.5° or 43° 30′ south
Longitude
170.5° or 170° 30′ east
Elevation
1,036 metres (3,399 feet)
Open location code
4V8GGG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Southern Alps” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Nieu-Seelandse Alpe”
- Arabic: “جبال الألب الجنوبية”
- Aragonese: “Alpes d’o Sud”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Ալպեր”
- Asturian: “Alpes del Sur”
- Bashkir: “Көньяҡ Альп тауҙары”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Alpeak”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвыя Альпы”
- Bengali: “নিউজিল্যান্ড আল্পস”
- Bhojpuri: “दक्खिनी एल्प्स”
- Bulgarian: “Южни Алпи”
- Catalan: “Alps Neozelandesos”
- Cebuano: “Southern Alps”
- Chinese: “南阿尔卑斯山脉”
- Chinese: “南阿爾卑斯山脈”
- Croatian: “Južne Alpe”
- Czech: “Jižní Alpy”
- Danish: “Sydlige alper”
- Dutch: “Nieuw-Zeelandse Alpen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الالب الجنوبيه”
- Esperanto: “Sudaj Alpoj”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Alpid”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Alpit”
- Finnish: “Eteläiset Alpit”
- French: “Alpes du Sud”
- Galician: “Alpes do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი ალპები”
- German: “Neuseeländische Alpen”
- Greek: “Νότιες Άλπεις”
- Hausa: “Kudancin Alps”
- Hebrew: “האלפים הדרומיים”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी ऐल्प्स”
- Hungarian: “Déli-Alpok”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Alparnir”
- Indonesian: “Alpen Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Selatan”
- Italian: “Alpi meridionali”
- Japanese: “南アルプス山脈”
- Korean: “남알프스 산맥”
- Korean: “남알프스산맥”
- Korean: “서던알프스산맥”
- Ladin: “Southern Alps”
- Latin: “Alpes Australes”
- Latvian: “Dienvidalpi”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Alpės”
- Macedonian: “Јужни Алпи”
- Malay: “Pergunungan Kerelip”
- Malayalam: “സതേൺ ആൽപ്സ്”
- Maori: “Kā Tiritiri o te Moana”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Alpes Soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Mongolian: “Өмнөд Альпийн нуруу”
- Northern Frisian: “Nei-Sialuns Alpen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Søralpene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Søralpane”
- Norwegian: “Søralpene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aups dau Sud (Nòva Zelanda)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aups dau Sud”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþalpis”
- Persian: “آلپ جنوبی”
- Polish: “Alpy Południowe”
- Portuguese: “Alpes do Sul”
- Romanian: “Alpii Neozeelandezi”
- Russian: “Южные Альпы”
- Serbian: “Južni Alpi”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južne Alpe”
- Slovak: “Južné Alpy”
- Slovenian: “Južne Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes del Sur”
- Swahili: “Alpi za Kusini”
- Swedish: “Sydalperna”
- Thai: “เทือกเขาแอลป์ใต้”
- Turkish: “Güney Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Південні Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpe meridionałi”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Alps”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Alpes”
- Western Panjabi: “تھلواں الپس”
- Wu Chinese: “南阿尔卑斯山脉”
- Yue Chinese: “南阿爾卑斯山脈”
- “दक्खिनी एल्प्स”
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