Natural features
Hokitika Gorge
Hokitika, West Coast
A granite gorge where the Hokitika River runs a startling milky turquoise, coloured by fine 'glacial flour' ground from the mountains.
Natural features in West Coast, New Zealand
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Lake Matheson
West Coast
A small, dark lake near Fox Glacier, famous for its mirror reflections of Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman.
Natural features
Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast
Strange layered limestone stacks at Dolomite Point that look like piles of pancakes, formed over 30 million years from layers of limestone and soft m…
Natural features
Franz Josef Glacier (Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere)
West Coast
One of the few glaciers in the world that descends almost into temperate rainforest.
Natural features
Fox Glacier
West Coast
A glacier descending from the Southern Alps into rainforest.