Garden of Allah

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garden of Allah
location West Coast , South Island , New Zealand
Mountains Adams Range , New Zealand Alps ( Kā Tiritiri-o-te-Moana )
surface 36 km² together with the Garden of Eden glacier field
Altitude range 2543  m  -  1100  m from Newton Peak to Colin Campbell Glacier
Coordinates 43 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  E
Garden of Allah (New Zealand)
Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah glacier field, together with the Garden of Eden glacier field, is one of the largest ice fields in the New Zealand Alps and New Zealand .

Origin of name

In 1934, the mountaineer and later President of the Royal Society of New Zealand , Allen Priestley Thomson , gave the southern ice field of the two the name " Garden of Eden " . Based on this, the northern ice field was named " Garden of Allah " in 1971 .

geography

The glacier field is located in the West Coast region , on the South Island of New Zealand, 56 km northeast of Aoraki / Mount Cook , which is New Zealand's highest mountain with a height of 3724  m . Hokitika , as the next largest town, is about 67 km to the northeast and 37 km to the west coast.

The two ice fields of the Garden of Allah and the Garden of Eden , which experts have given the abbreviation GoEA, extend together, starting from Mount Barlow ( 2100  m ) in the west, over the Outram Peak ( 2399  m ) in the south, Mount Kensington ( 2444  m ) in the north, to Mount Stoddart ( 2223  m ) in the east, over an area of ​​36 km 2 . The Farrar Glacier , Barlow Glacier , Arethusa Icefall and Colin Campbell Glacier are part of the Garden of Eden and the Adams Glacier , Belzebub Glacier and Lambert Glacier are part of the contiguous ice surface of the Garden of Allah .

As to the administrative division, the Garden of Allah belongs to the Westland District of the West Coast .

literature

  • Angus J. Dowson, Pascal Sirguey, Nicolas J. Cullen : Variability of glacier albedo and links to annual mass balance for the Gardens of Eden and Allah, Southern Alps, New Zealand . In: The Cryosphere . January 16, 2020, doi : 10.5194 / tc-2020-5 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ obituaries - Leader, enthusiast and visionary . (PDF; 824 kB) New Zealand Institute of Forestry , 2002, accessed on February 3, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Will Harvie : Climate change hits Gardens of Eden and Allah . In: stuff - science . Fairfax Media , accessed February 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on February 3, 2020
  5. ↑ Dowson, Sirguey Cullen : Variability of glacier albedo and left to annual mass balance for the Gardens of Eden and Allah, Southern Alps, New Zealand . 2020, p.  4 .
  6. ↑ Moorhouse Range, Canterbury . In: NZ Topo Map . Gavin Harriss , accessed February 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Postcode maps . New Zealand Post , accessed February 3, 2020 .