The Islands of the Pacific From the Old to the New a Compendious Sketch of M
The Islands of the Pacific From the Old to the New a Compendious Sketch of M
James M James Mckinney Alexander
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In Stewart Island these mountains reach an altitude of 3, 200 feet ; in South Island they reach their greatest height in Mount Cook, 13, 200 feet high, near which are many peaks of nearly the same height ; in the North Island the highest mountain is Ruapahu, 9, 100 feet high, which rises into perpetual snow, and has one peak, Tangariro, that is an active volcano, 7, 000 feet high. Further south is Mount Egmont, 8, 270 feet high, a perfect cone capped with snow. In the southwestern part of the S...outh Island the great arms of the Southern Ocean have extended far up into NEW ZEALAND. 355 the wild solitudes of this mountain range ; and here is the grandest scenery of this country. One of these in- lets, called Milford Sound, "three miles from its entrance contracts to the width of half a mile, and its sides rise perpendicularly from the water's edge 2, 000 feet, and then slope at a high angle to peaks that are covered with perpetual snow. Further inland the sound becomes more expanded and receives several large valleys that ra- diate in different directions into the highest ranges.
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