Alpine Tarn

Alpine Tarn is a pond in West Coast, South Island. Alpine Tarn is situated nearby to Upper Hooker Suspension Bridge, as well as near the ruins Stocking Stream Shelter.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Wakefield and Du Faur Peak.

Mount Wakefield

Peak

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Wakefield is a mountain in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. It is 2,058 metres high. The Mountain is named after Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

Du Faur Peak

Peak

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Du Faur Peak is a 2,330-metre-elevation mountain in New Zealand. Du Faur Peak is situated 3½ km northwest of Alpine Tarn.

Sealy Tarns is a small flat area with two small tarns halfway up the northern slopes of the Sealy Range, New Zealand. It is accessible from the Hooker Valley and Mount Cook Village via a tramping track maintained by the Department of Conservation. Sealy Tarns is situated 3 km southwest of Alpine Tarn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Cook National Park and Mount Cook Village.

Mount Cook National Park

Photo: Petero9, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Mount Cook Village

Village

Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.

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, 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Mount Cook Village is situated 4½ km south of Alpine Tarn.

Alpine Tarn

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.69313° or 43° 41′ 35″ south

Longitude

170.10116° or 170° 6′ 4″ east

Open location code

4V8G8442+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 269810476

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Upper Hooker Suspension Bridge and Stocking Stream Shelter.

Nearby Places

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