Aorangi, Mount

Aorangi, Mount (ourängˈē) [key], Mount Aoraki ouräkˈē [both: Maori, = cloud in the sky], or Mount Cook, 12,254 ft (3,735 m) high, on the South Island, New Zealand, in the Southern Alps; highest peak of New Zealand. Several glaciers, including the Tasman and Hooker, radiate from its flanks.

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