🌲 Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

New Zealand · Oceania · National Park · 43.73°S, 170.10°E

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park located in the Canterbury Region in the central-west of the South Island of New Zealand. It was established in October 1953 and takes its name from the highest mountain in New Zealand, Aoraki / Mount Cook. The area of the park is 707 km2 (273 mi2), and it shares a border with Westland Tai Poutini National Park along the Main Divide of the Southern Alps. The national park consists of reserves that were established as early as 1885 to protect the area's significant landscape and vegetation. Glaciers cover 40% of the park, including the country's largest glacier, Haupapa / Tasman Glacier. In 1990, the park was included in the area designated as the Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage Site. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) alongside Ngāi Tahu, the iwi who are mana whenua in the region.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	43.73°S, 170.10°E · view on map

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park in New Zealand, in Oceania. The details of why Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Te Urewera National Park · Whanganui National Park · Tongariro National Park · Rakiura National Park · Abel Tasman National Park · Fiordland National Park · Nelson Lakes National Park · Arthur's Pass National Park · Westland Tai Poutini National Park · Mount Aspiring National Park.

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