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Kōrero: Glaciers and glaciation

Crevasse, Linda Glacier

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Crevasse, Linda Glacier

This view along a deep crevasse on the Linda Glacier in the Mt Cook region looks dramatic, but it narrows in the distance to a metre or less, where it can be crossed without difficulty. The horizontal layers of snow mark different degrees of compaction caused by sun and wind.

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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/10731/crevasse-linda-glacier (accessed 5 June 2026).

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