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Aoraki / Mount Cook, often referred to as Mount Cook Village, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.
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References
- ↑ https://www.timaru.govt.nz/community/our-district/hall-of-fame/category-three/thomas-fyfe
- ↑ Haynes, J. (1994) Piercing the Clouds. Tom Fyffe: First to climb Mt Cook. Hazard Press, New Zealand, ISBN 0-908790-64-3.
- ↑ History of NZ Guiding, http://www.nzmga.org.nz/pages/8/history-of-nz-guiding.htm
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