Story: South Canterbury region
In 1862 Julius Haast painted this watercolour of the Tasman Glacier valley (centre). It shows the classic ‘U’ shape of glacial valleys, with steep mountainsides and flat valley floors.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-097-061
Watercolour by Johann Franz Julius von Haast
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.