This was only a couple of a number of landmarks that Mr Haast did not actually ‘discover’ as a European explorer, yet, he took the liberty of naming. The magnificent Franz Josef Glacier is widely regarded as the gem of New Zealand’s West Coast Glaciers. Search and Compare the Prices of Accommodation Deals to Find Very Low Rates with trivago. He also named the Fox Glacier in honour of Sir William Fox, the New Zealand Premier. Find Incredible Cheap Hotels in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand.
In 1865 Julius Von Haast decided to name the Franz Josef glacier after “His Imperial Majesty” Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria and the local village later took its name from the glacier. Latest image from Franz Josef Glacier web cam - View 1 Latest image from Franz Josef Glacier. The choice of the glacier's European name is a little less romantic. Click on images to open in new window at 1280 x 720 pixels.
The gods froze these tears in a river of ice and the Franz Josef glacier was formed as a reminder of her grief. Hinehukatere was broken hearted and her many, many tears flowed down the mountain. The Fox Glacier was his final resting place, or moeka. Franz Josef is a fast moving glacier compared to the other glaciers of the world because it is situated on a steep slope. Disaster struck when an avalanche swept Wawe from the peaks to his death. She persuaded her lover, Wawe to climb with her even though he was less experienced. The glacier is located just a few km from the heart of Franz Josef township. The legend of the Makawhio people (a sub tribe of the Nga Tahu) says that Hinehukatere was a fearless young woman who loved climbing in the mountains. Franz Josef Glacier is one of the steepest and biggest glaciers in New Zealand. The Māori name for the Franz Josef Glacier is Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere (‘The tears of Hinehukatere‘).
This results in the dramatic advances and retreats of the terminal face of the two glaciers. The forces generated by the moving tongue of ice grinds away at everything in its path to reach the terminal face at the front of the glacier.Ī glacier likes to find equilibrium, where the amount of ice produced in the neve is equal to the amount of ice lost to melting in its tongue. The valleys are so steep and narrow that the tongues of ice have pushed far down into rainforest and not much above sea level. Gravity then squeezes it down the valley as if it were toothpaste and the once fluffy snowflakes are compressed into hard blue ice. Warm, moist air travelling from Australia drops snow in the higher elevations of the Southern Alps, piling it up to form large neves or snowfields. The land where the glaciers are located is sandwiched between the sea and the highest mountains in New Zealand.
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