Mount Tasman

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Mount Tasman (Te Horokōau in Māori) is New Zealand's second-highest mountain, rising to a height of 3,497 metres (11, 473 ft). It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike Aoraki / Mount Cook, Mount Tasman sits on the South Island's Main Divide, on the border between Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. It is the highest point in Westland District. The first ascent of Mount Tasman was in 1895 by Edward FitzGerald and his guide Matthias Zurbriggen. The Māori name (horo: to swallow, koau: shag or Phalacrocorax varius) is believed to refer to the swelling in the neck of a shag when it is swallowing a fish.

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