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Kōrero: Geology – overview

Glacial erratic at Te Anau

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Glacial erratic at Te Anau

This large boulder forms the smallest scientific reserve in the country, near Te Anau. Known as a glacial erratic, the boulder has been carried 50 kilometres from its source in the mountains by glacier ice during a past ice advance.

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by Bruce Hayward

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Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, Geology – overview – Quaternary mountains and glaciers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8389/glacial-erratic-at-te-anau (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.