Aorangi, Mount

Aorangi, Mount

(ouräng`ē),

Mount Aoraki

(ouräk`ē) [both: Maori,=cloud in the sky], or

Mount Cook,

12,254 ft (3,735 m) high, on the South Island, New Zealand, in the Southern Alps; highest peak of New Zealand. Several glaciers, including the Tasman and Hooker, radiate from its flanks.