Fox Glacier Panorama |
Fox Glacier is seen on the left of this panorama, looking east. Above the neve is Douglas Peak (3086m). The high mountain to its right (south) is Mt Tasman (3498m). The highest mountain is Mt Cook (3764m). Mt La Perouse (3079m) is further south, but you may have to pan right to see it (use the arrow keys on your keyboard.)
Foothills partially block the view of the Southern Alps, but are geologically interesting since they are the face of the alpine fault at Fox. The photo is taken from the Australian plate, the mountains are on the Pacific Plate (see tectonics section).
Photography John Wattie
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Mt Tasman from Fox Village(Click these thumbnails for bigger versions) Photography John Wattie |
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Lake MathesonThe famous reflection lake is a Kettle Lake in the
ancient Fox Glacier Moraine. Photography John Wattie |
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Press the picture for views from a helicopter flight up the glacier. |
Fox Glacier from the Look-out Road.This shows the marginal terrace on the north wall of the valley reaching all the way up to the snow neve. A huge thickness of ice formed this marginal terrace. But wait!. The valley wall above the terrace has been smoothed by ice age glaciers to leave yet another very high terrace, top left of the picture, called Chancellor Dome. During the ice age there was a big ice cap on the Southern Alps. Glaciers reached all the way to the sea from the cap, which presumably formed the highest terrace.
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Go to Page 1 of the Giant Panorama of Fox Glacier
The giant panorama will build up slowly as you read descriptions of the components until finally the whole incredible scene will more than fill your computer screen as you pan across it.
The trip up the glacier is surmounted by a dramatic view from the snow neve all the way down Fox Valley to the sea.
WARNING this page is in stereo and needs red/cyan or red/green glasses to see the image, which is just over 100Kb.
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