Hooker Glacier (New Zealand)

- 43.82611169.656699Koordinaten: 43 ° 49 ' 34 "S, 169 ° 39' 24" E

The Hooker Glacier Hooker Glacier or is one of several glaciers on the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand

Although he is not as big as its neighbor, the Tasman Glacier, it is still impressive, 11 km in length. The glacier is situated on the southwest slope of Mount Cook and is the source of the Hooker River, a small tributary of the Tasman River, which flows into Lake Pukaki. He is one of the most accessible glacier in New Zealand and can already be seen from the start of the Copland track near Mount Cook Village.