Photo: Tasman Glacier New Zealand

A beautiful scenic picture of the snow covered Tasman Glacier in Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

The Tasman Glacier is the largest of seven glaciers which flows south and east on the South Island of New Zealand. This glacier is located in the Mount Cook National Park and is approximately twenty-seven kilometers in length and as much as three kilometers wide in areas.Tasman Glacier has shown major retreat in the past fifteen years and the moraine walls increase slightly in height as the ice thins. The landscape of Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand is continuously changing at a very slow rate as the Tasman Glacier continues to retreat.History of this glacier dates back some two million years to the Pleistocene ice ages. The glacier has created many lakes in the Mount Cook National Park and will continue to do so as the thick, massive ice continues to melt.Many tourists come to New Zealand to ski the adventurous slopes of the Tasman Glacier. The scenery from the top of the monumental peaks is one of the most spectacular sights on the South Island of New Zealand. ... continue below the picture...

... Another incredible journey offered on the Tasman Glacier is to explore the fascinating ice caves and seracs that were sculpted by the natural elements.Tasman Glacier (New Zealand's longest glacier at 27 kilometres long) in the Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand.