| Hooker Glacier | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Icebergs_in_Hooker_Glacier_Lake_in_front_of_Aoraki_Mount_Cook.jpg) View across glacier lake to Hooker Glacier terminus in front of Aoraki / Mount Cook | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°40′0″S 170°7′0″E / 43.66667°S 170.11667°E |
| Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
| Thickness | 150 m (490 ft)[1] |
| Terminus | Hooker Lake[2] |
| Status | Retreating[3] |
Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.[4] It is not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, measuring 11 kilometres (roughly 6–7 miles) in length.
- ^ Claridge, David James Eliot (13 March 1983). A geophysical study of the termini of the Mount Cook National Park glaciers (Thesis). University of Auckland. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Hooker Lake, Canterbury - NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Rapid melting of the terminal section of the Hooker Glacier". University of Auckland. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Place name detail: Hooker Glacier (New Zealand)". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 24 March 2009.