Earth Views - Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of...

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Places and sights from around the Earth, catalogued by location, including views and scenery natural and artificial, rural and urban, ugly and beautiful.

This gives a feel of what particular parts of the world are like.

See also Aloha Earth to zoom in on on a map of the Earth to locate exhibits, and our travel section.

• new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda = Official NZ government site. Adjective sometimes "Kiwi" or "antipodean".
• new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki" = The South Island is more temperate than the North Island, with gently rolling hills and pastures in the east, and mountains, glaciers and fjords in the west.
• new zealand south island west coast = Known for the Alpine splendour of mountains, glaciers and fjords.

New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 1 MB.jpg ... New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes tweaked 6 MB.jpg

new zealand south island west coast pancake rocks

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	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 1 MB.jpg (Earth Views) new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki" Location also known as Punakaike. Notice the layered/striate form of the rocks in this and the related images. This is apparently due to alternate layers of sedimentary and other (limestone?) rocks being laid down and then being eroded later at different rates. Taken 9 Dec 2000.
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 2 MB.jpg (Earth Views) new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki" See the seabird and maybe aircraft vapour-trail at top left.
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 3 MB.jpg (Earth Views) "
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 4 MB.jpg (Earth Views) "
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 5 MB.jpg (Earth Views) " See the spray from the blowhole!
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 6 MB.jpg (Earth Views) "
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes posterised 3 MB.gif (Earth Views) "

new zealand south island west coast pancake rocks and blowholes rainbow ... (2)

• new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda
• new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki"

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	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes tweaked 1 MB.jpg (Earth Views) new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki"
	New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes tweaked 2 MB.jpg (Earth Views) "