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Kōrero: Glaciers and glaciation

Glaciers on Mt Ruapehu

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Glaciers on Mt Ruapehu

The top of volcanic Ruapehu, permanently above the snowline, supports a number of small glaciers. Here they are picked out by a coating of volcanic ash that erupted from the crater in 1995.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN40442/28

by Lloyd Homer

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Eileen McSaveney, Glaciers and glaciation – Glaciers in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10728/glaciers-on-mt-ruapehu (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 April 2021.

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