Froude Range
| Froude Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Nicholson ( 2367 m ) | |
| location | Canterbury , South Island , New Zealand ; Ashburton District | |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 20 ′ S , 170 ° 47 ′ E | |
| Type | Fold Mountains | |
| surface | 30 km² | |
The Froude Range is a mountain range in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The Froude Range is located south and southeast of the glacier region of Lambert Glacier and the Garden of Allah in the New Zealand Alps . The mountain range is bounded to the west by the Frances River and the Cloudy Peak Range , to the north by Francis Glacier and Lyell Glacier and on its eastern side by the McCoy Stream with the Armory Range behind . At its southern end, the Francis River and McCoy Stream meet and merge to form the Clyde River .
The approximately 12 km long mountain range, which runs in an arc from south to northeast and east, finds its highest point at 2367 m high Mount Nicholson . Eleven other peaks of the mountain range are over 2000 m .
Administratively, the Froude Range belongs to the Ashburton District .
literature
- New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on February 1st, 2020
- ↑ Froude Range, Canterbury . In: NZ Topo Map . Gavin Harriss , accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Postcode maps . New Zealand Post , accessed February 1, 2020 .