New Zealand South Island Mountains

New Zealand mountains by altitude

21The veil of the nun274955911.343°41?S 170°14TheVeil / 43.69333°S 170.24750°E / -43.69333; 170.24750 (21. Veil of the Nun (2749 m))4 December 1905Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr. Mackay, 30Rob Roy Peak26444586.944°27??S 168°43??E / 44.45139°S 168.72250°E / -44. 45139; 168,72250 (30th Rob Roy Pk (2644 m))2 Mar 1935Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton, 33Mount Moffat26385004.

170°27?S 170°27?E / 43.46139°S 170.45556°E / -43.46139; 170.45556 (33rd Mt Moffat (2638 m))Jan 1933A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser,

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Tiritiri -Ote-Moana (M?ori: K? Tiritiri-o-te-Moana) is a chain of mountains stretching over much of the length of the South Island of New Zealand, which reaches its greatest peaks near the west side of the group. In general, the name "Southern Alps" applies to the whole area, although many of the smaller areas belonging to this area are separately designated.

This area covers the main section of the South Island, which divides the watersheds of the more densely settled east side of the island from those on the western part. The main political divide is the border between the Marlborough, Canterbury and Otago in the south-east and the Tasman and western coasts in the north-west.

Colonies are Maruia Springs, a Lewis Pass spas, Arthur's Pass and Mount Cook Village. Important New Zealand Southern Alps routes are Lewis Pass (SH7), Arthur's Pass (SH73), Haast Pass (SH6) and the Milford Sound highway (SH94). The southern Alps are vertical to the prevailing western airflow.

The yearly rainfall ranges widely between 3,000 millimeters (120 in) on the west coast, 15,000 millimeters (590 in) near the Main Divide and 1,000 millimeters (39 in) 30 kilometers (19 mi) eastward of the Main Divide. 8 ] This high rainfall promotes the glacier to grow above the snow line.

There are large and snow fields on or to the east of the Main Divide, smaller ones further eastwards (see New Zealand Glaciers). Omarama, in the slipstream of the mountains, has earned itself an excellent worldwide fame for its glider flying characteristics. Predominant westerly winds also produce a meteorological patterns known as the north-western arc, in which humid wind is shifted over the mountains and forms an arc of clouds in an otherwise bluish skies.

It is a common feature in Canterbury and North Otago in summertime. The' Nor'wester' is a blow dryer breeze, similar to the Chinook of Canada, where mountains push the atmosphere upwards on the way of the predominant humid breezes, whereby the atmosphere is cooled and the humidity condenses to form rains and warm, arid breezes are generated in the downward flow of the mountains.

They are located along a geologic platemark, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, with the Pacific Ocean slab facing south-east to the west and clashing with the northbound Indo-Australian slab to the north-west. In the last 45 million years, the crash has thrown 20 km of rock on the Pacific Rift Valley up to the Alps, although much of it has been removed.

In the last 5 million years the upward movement has been fastest, and the mountains are still being lifted today by structural pressures, leading to seismic events on the Alpine Fault and other disturbances in the area. 10 ] However, at the edge of the plates just off the northern and eastern side of the island, in the Hikurangi Trench and the Kermadec Trench, significant dip-slip is observed.

Transferring the movement from the strikeslip to the dip-slip movement in these northern production areas has created the Marlborough Fault System, which has led to a significant increase in the area. The fauna of the mountains include the indigenous cliff sage (Xenicus gilviventris) and the sea, a large macaw that was once chased as a west.

In the lower hills the forest of beeches is an important biotope for two species of bird; the large speckled kiwifruit (Apteryx haastii) and the South Island caca (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis). 2. Mountains are not accessible and maintain their native flora. Much of the area is well preserved as part of various nature reserves, especially the Westland Tai Poutini Park, Mount Aspiring Park and Aoraki/Mount Cook Park or reserves such as Lake Sumner Forest Park.

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