Photograph of the week: Mount Cook, New Zealand


Although it’s been shrinking over the past 20 years, Mount Cook, otherwise known as Aoraki, is still New Zealand’s highest mountain. Surrounded by rugged lanscapes, lakes and even glaciers, it attracts walkers and climbers from all over the world. The weather conditions are extremely interchangeable in Mount Cook National Park, but that doesn’t stop people from enjoying some of the most spectacular hikes in the country.

Mount Cook, New Zealand

Thank you to Will Owen of Travel Strong for permission to re-produce the image.

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Comments (1)

  1. Dorian says:

    Interested fact: “The English name of Mount Cook was given to the mountain in 1851 by Captain John Lort Stokes to honour Captain James Cook who surveyed and circumnavigated the islands of New Zealand in 1770. Captain Cook did not sight the mountain during his exploration”.

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