Aorangi, Mount

Aorangi, Mount (ouräng'ē) [key], Mount Aoraki (ouräk'ē) [key][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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