NEW ZEALAND ~ Mount Aspiring National Park - UNESCO

... Fantastic "Kiwi" National Park nr3... majestic peak of Mount Aspiring with spectacular blue glacial fields and surrounded by snow covered peaks... a wonderful mixture of remote wilderness... beautiful river valleys and ravines.... a hiker's paradise and a must see for birders and mountaineers... Thank so much Helen for three wonderful NP parks new to my collection!! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

"Mount Aspiring the centrepoint of Mt Aspiring National Park, South Island"
It was established in 1964 as New Zealand's tenth National Park and third largest national park. It covers 3,562 square kilometres (1,375 sq mi) at the southern end of the Southern Alps.

The national park is named after Mt Aspiring. At 3,027 metres tall, the mountain is the highest outside of the Aoraki Mt Cook region. It is a pyramid-shaped peak with four ridges and thick rain forests clothing the western slopes.

Maori called Mount Aspiring, Tititea, meaning steep peak of glistening white.

Mount Aspiring National Park is part of Te Wai Pounamu, the southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area.


Stamp:

Geography & Meteorology (Seas, lakes & rivers)
 (Issued 18-05-2016)