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In December 1991, an avalanche of 10 million cubic metres of snow and rock caused 10 metres to be lost off the top of Aoraki / Mount Cook. [52] [53] Two decades of erosion of the ice cap exposed after this collapse reduced the height by another 30 m to 3,724 m, as revealed by GPS data from a University of Otago climbing expedition in November 2013.
Aoraki / Mount Cook [a] is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). [2] It is situated in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, [3] it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook ...
In the 2013 American superhero film Man of Steel, Ellesmere Island is the site of a combined United States-Canadian scientific expedition to recover an ancient Kryptonian spaceship buried in the glacial ice pack. [56] The island is the location for the 2014 BBC programme Snow Wolf Family and Me. [57]
Snowmass is a ski resort located in the Town of Snowmass Village near Aspen, Colorado. The ski area is owned and operated by the Aspen Skiing Company as part of the Aspen/Snowmass complex. It was opened on December 17, 1967 . [ 1 ]
As of 27 June 2017, 84 people have died on the mountain since records began in 1891, many having been caught by a sudden change in the weather. In terms of fatalities this mountain is the second most dangerous mountain in New Zealand after Aoraki / Mount Cook. [48] [49]
Snowmass Village is a home rule municipality in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,096 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] A popular winter resort location for skiing and snowboarding , the town is well known as the location of the Snowmass ski area , the largest of the four nearby ski areas operated collectively as Aspen ...
The island has an area of 4.45 square kilometres (445.00 hectares; 1,099.62 acres) and rises to more than 50 metres (160 feet) above sea level. It is composed wholly of limestone (Koroqara Limestone, Tokalau Limestone Group), probably Late Miocene in age. A single village has a population around 300.
The mountain was named after Rear Admiral John Washington, official Hydrographer, British Royal Navy, by Captain George Richards while charting the West Coast in the 1860s. [2]: 291 In addition to winter skiing, in the summer Mount Washington has many trails for mountain bikers, and offers scenic chair lifts and hiking trails to visitors.