NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WEST COAST, "MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK, A GROUP HIKES THE FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER. Julius von Haast, geologist and explorer, named Franz Josef Glacier in 1863, after the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Approximately 7000 years old, and a remnant of a much older and larger glacier which originally swept right to the sea, Franz Josef Glacier extends 12 kilometres from its three feeder glaciers in the high snow fields of the southern Alps."
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NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WEST COAST, "MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK, A GROUP HIKES THE FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER. Julius von Haast, geologist and explorer, named Franz Josef Glacier in 1863, after the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Approximately 7000 years old, and a remnant of a much older and larger glacier which originally swept right to the sea, Franz Josef Glacier extends 12 kilometres from its three feeder glaciers in the high snow fields of the southern Alps."

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NEW ZEALAND SOUTH ISLAND WEST COAST MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK GROUP HIKES FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER Julius von Haast geologist explorer named Franz Josef Glacier 1863 after Emperor Austro-Hungarian Empire Approximately 7000 years old remnant much older larger glacier which originally swept right sea Franz Josef Glacier extends 12 kilometres its three feeder glaciers high snow fields southern Alps Region Australasia Dominant Grey Leisure Activities People Group Antipodean Oceania Gray"

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