Story: Active faults
The Alpine Fault splits the South Island in two, and forms the abrupt edge to the Southern Alps. It passes offshore in South Westland (bottom left), and is responsible for the almost straight edge of Fiordland.
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NASA Visible Earth
Reference: MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Photograph by Jeff Schmaltz
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