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Fox Glacier (Māori: Te Moeka o Tuawe; officially Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe) [1] is a 13-kilometre-long (8.1 mi) temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. [2]
The retreating glacier left behind a valley and a huge slab of ice insulated by a deep layer of moraine gravel, which gradually melted and collapsed to form the lake bed. [1] The lake is now about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the current terminus of the glacier in the Southern Alps. Moraines, outwash gravels, and river gravels dammed the valley ...
This became Fox Glacier School, and is now Fox Glacier Weheka School. It is the only school in Fox Glacier, serving approximately 9 students from Years 1 to 8 (ages 5 to 12). [42] The nearest secondary school to Fox Glacier is South Westland Area School, 85 km (53 mi) away in Hari Hari. Weheka from the north, 1935
The glaciers of Venezuela are located in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Mérida. In 1910, maps made by the explorer Alfredo Jahn showed the Sierra Nevada glaciers covering about 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres). An ice trade at that time saw ice men or hieleros transporting glacier ice by mule or on foot to Mérida for sale, a six hour ...
The Fox River is a river in the Westland District of New Zealand. It arises in two places; from a spring in the Fox Range, and from the head of the Fox Glacier. It runs west into the Cook River / Weheka, shortly before it exits into the Tasman Sea. [1] [2] The Department of Conservation maintains short walks alongside the river. [3]
Approximately 57 glaciers have been identified within Westland National Park. These all sit among the Southern Alps. Both the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers extend below the tree line, reaching areas as low as 300 meters above sea level. Glaciation in the area has carved out several moraines. The last major glacial advance in this region happened ...
When the northern access road to the Fox Glacier was destroyed by a landslide in February 2019, the government announced a $3.9 million package to offset the loss to tourism by enhancing or upgrading other attractions in the area. One of those selected was the Lake Gault Track. [9]
Together with the Fox Glacier 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south, and a third glacier, it descends from the Southern Alps to less than 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. [ 2 ] The area surrounding the two glaciers is part of Te Wāhipounamu , a World Heritage Site park.