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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Southern Lakes.
Southern Lakes
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The Southern Lakes are glacial lakes found in the Southern Alps of the lower South Island of New Zealand. Many of the major South Island tourist destinations are found in this region.
Southern Alps
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,036 metres
- Description: mountain range on the South Island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Great Southern Alps”, “Kā Tiritiri o te Moana”, “New Zealand Alps”, and “Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana”
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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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 Alpe”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Alpeak”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвыя Альпы”
- Bhojpuri: “दक्खिनी एल्प्स”
- Bulgarian: “Южни Алпи”
- Catalan: “Alps Neozelandesos”
- Cebuano: “SOUTHERN ALPS/KA TIRITIRI O TE MOANA”
- Cebuano: “Southern Alps”
- Chinese: “Lâm Alpes Soaⁿ-me̍h”
- 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: “Nov-Zelandaj Alpoj”
- Esperanto: “Sudaj Alpoj”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Alpid”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Alpit”
- Finnish: “Eteläiset Alpit”
- Finnish: “New Zealand Alps”
- Finnish: “Southern Alps”
- French: “Alpes du Sud”
- Galician: “Alpes do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ ალპები”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი ალპები”
- German: “Neuseeländische Alpen”
- German: “Südalpen”
- German: “Südliche Alpen”
- Greek: “Νότιες Άλπεις”
- Hebrew: “האלפים הדרומיים”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी ऐल्प्स”
- Hungarian: “Déli-Alpok”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Alparnir”
- Indonesian: “Alp Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Alpen Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Alp Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Selatan”
- Italian: “Alpi meridionali”
- Italian: “Alpi neozelandesi”
- Japanese: “サザン・アルプス山脈”
- Japanese: “サザンアルプス”
- Japanese: “サザンアルプス山脈”
- Japanese: “南アルプス山脈”
- Korean: “남 알프스”
- Korean: “남알프스 산맥”
- Korean: “남알프스”
- Korean: “남알프스산맥”
- Korean: “서던 알프스 산맥”
- Korean: “서던 알프스”
- Korean: “서던알프스산맥”
- Latin: “Alpes Australes”
- Latvian: “Dienvidalpi”
- Latvian: “Jaunzēlandes Alpi”
- 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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “New Zealand Sørlige Alper”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Søralpene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørlige alper”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Alps”
- 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 Nowozelandzkie”
- Polish: “Alpy Południowe”
- Portuguese: “Alpes do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Neozelandeses”
- Russian: “Новозеландские Альпы”
- Russian: “Южные Альпы”
- Serbian: “Južni Alpi”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južne Alpe”
- Slovak: “Južné Alpy”
- Slovenian: “Južne Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes del Sur”
- Spanish: “Alpes Meridionales”
- Spanish: “Alpes Neocelandeses”
- Spanish: “Alpes Neozelandeses”
- Spanish: “Southern Alps”
- Swahili: “Alpi za Kusini”
- Swedish: “New Zealand Alps”
- Swedish: “Nya Zeeländska alperna”
- Swedish: “Nyzeeländska alperna”
- Swedish: “Södra Alperna”
- Swedish: “Southern Alps”
- Swedish: “Sydalperna”
- Turkish: “Güney Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Альпи Південні”
- 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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