Kōrero: South Canterbury region

Tasman Glacier

Tasman Glacier

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 Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

John Wilson, 'South Canterbury region - Early European history', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/11334/tasman-glacier (accessed 14 May 2024)

He kōrero nā John Wilson, updated 1 Feb 2017