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The Hochstetter Ice Falls, Mount Cook, New Zealand, showing the rugged character of these glaciers
From the summits of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman, the two noblest mountains in Australasia, come the mighty avalanches that swell the volume of the wonderful Hochstetter Glacier, making of it one of the most impressive sights in the Southern Alps. The…
Dunedin, the commercial centre of Otago, New Zealand; bird's-eye view, taken from a hill in the Botanic Gardens
Dunedin, the capital city of Otago, was established by a Scotch company in 1848, and is situated at the head of Otago Harbour, nine miles distant from its seaport, Port Chalmers. Otago Harbour has been greatly deepened by dredging during the past…
Milford sound, New Zealand. Here one finds the most sublimely beautiful scenery that the New Zealand Sounds afford
We are standing on the eastern shore of Milford Sound, and looking across at one of the giant sentinels that guard the loveliest of all New Zealand's Sounds. Mitre Peak, 5560 feet, shows here its precipitous end, but its side view is still more…
Queenstown and The Remarkables, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand. The Remarkables are jagged precipices, 7688 feet high
Queenstown, the sanatorium of the South, is a beautifully situated town on the eastern shores of Lake Wakatipu, 196 miles north-west of Dunedin. It nestles under the shadow of high hills, and steps down gentle terraces left and right to meet the blue…
Champagne Cauldron, Wairakei, New Zealand, so named because of the exquisite sparkle of its ever-boiling contents
The most impressive sight in the Geyser Valley at wairakei it the Champagne Cauldron, so named because of the exquisite sparkle of its ever-boiling contents. The huge opening in the ground is 83 feet in depth, and measures 60 feet by 80 feet from lip…
