Saturday 31 July 2010

551 NZ - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (1990)

Brief Description

"The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird."

蒂瓦希普纳穆-新西兰西南部地区
"这个公园位于新西兰西南部,其景观在冰川的持续作用下形成,有海滩、石头海岸、悬崖、湖泊和瀑布。公园的三分之二被南部的 山毛榉树和罗汉松覆盖,其中一些树的树龄已超过800年。公园里的大鹦鹉是世界上仅有的高山鹦鹉,这里还有一种巨大的不会飞的南秧鸟,也属于稀有的濒危品 种。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/551
 
* Aoraki/Mt Cook national park
* Fiordland national park
* Mt Aspiring national park
* Westland national park

Courtesy of hmassese from postcrossing forum
Aoraki/Mt Cook national park

Courtesy of lemurkat from postcrossing forum
Key Summit in Fiordland National Park
Courtesy of Phebeguo from postcrossing forum
Franz Josef Glacier in Westland National Park

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