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Mount Cook

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Cook, Mount 

(local name in Maori, Aorangi: “large white cloud”), a peak on South Island, New Zealand. Elevation 3,764 m. The highest peak in the country, Mount Cook is formed of crystalline rocks. Its summit is saddle-shaped and has extremely steep slopes. There are névés and glaciers (the Tasman Glacier is 29 km long). Mount Cook was named in honor of J. Cook.



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In particular, don''t miss out on Lake Matheson, a crystal clear lake ringed by rainforest where New Zealand''s two highest peaks, Mount Cook and Mount Tasman, are perfectly reflected in the water.
Hillary was honoured by the United Nations for his conservational work, and had a statue of him erected in Mount Cook National Park.
Mark Inglis is forever etched in the minds of New Zealanders as a person who survived the desolation of having both his lower legs amputated through frostbite as a consequence of being stranded on Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain and yet persevered to succeed in climbing the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest.
 
 
 
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