Beauty of the mountains: mountains of New Zealand

BEAUTY OF ART AND IMAGES FOR YOU


Beauty of the mountains:

The romantic mountains of New Zealand

alpine-2110829_960_720Source: pixabay.com

New Zealand consists of two main islands: North Island and South Island.
The South Island is the largest. The island is cut along its length by the Southern Alps, the highest peak being Mount Cook with 3,724 meters above sea level. There are eighteen peaks over 3,000 meters high.
The North Island is less mountainous than the South Island but is marked by volcanism. The highest mountain on the island, Mount Ruapehu (2,797 meters above sea level), is an active volcano.                                              [ Wikipedia ]

New Zealand Queenstown Million Dollar View MountainsSource: maxpixel.net

Scene Mountains Queenstown New ZealandSource: maxpixel.net

mountain-valley-landscape-in-new-zealand

mountain-landscape-with-forest-and-clouds-and-fog-new-zealandSource of 2 photos: goodfreephotos.com

450px-Aoraki_Mount_Cook

Mount Cook in Winter with the Hooker Glacier in the foreground

Author: C.M. Lynch  . Source: commons.wikimedia.org

31370166132_aca9e03d33_k

Milford Sound. A hanging U shaped glacial valley which was cut off by the mighty glacier that formed Milford Sound

31516891335_108097dfdd_k

Milford Sound. Cruise boat for day trips on the fjord with cascading waterfalls down the steep fjord sides

31300193832_de79b9bc41_k

Mount Taranki or Mount Egmont. Spring snow still caps the cone of this old volcano

Author of 3 photos: denisbin  . Source: flickr.com

2119392140_9e319b8558_b

Mount Taranaki (2,518 m) near the cliffs of the sea at Tapuae, is a local stratovolcano that exploded in the 1850s or 1860s.

Author: Dave Young. Source: flickr.com

new-zealand-3018634_960_720

Active volcano in white island

Author: Julius_Silver .Source: pixabay.com

31089524251_07747cabb6_k

Queenstown. The view from the Gondola summit

30879100461_e4fc256565_k

Stopping place along the road between Te Anau and Milford Sound. Knob Flat in the Eglinton Valley

31329721341_2472a663f3_k

Milford Sound fjord. One of the hundreds of waterfalls that cascade down the steep fjord sides

Author of 3 photos: denisbin  . Source: flickr.com




 


11 réflexions sur “Beauty of the mountains: mountains of New Zealand

Laisser un commentaire