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Golden spaniard (Aciphylla aurea). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake are in the background.

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Golden spaniard (Aciphylla aurea). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake are in the background.

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Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.

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The Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.

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Mount Sefton and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.

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Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.

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Tasman Lake and Tasman River from the slopes of Mount Wakefield. Mount Chudleigh and the Malte Brun Range are on the far left, while The Nuns Veil is on the far right. The Murchison River flows between the two at centre image.

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Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield. The White Horse Hill campground is on the far left.

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Mount Sefton and The Footstool from the slopes of Mount Wakefield. The glaciers are, from left to right, the Frind Glacier, Tuckett Glacier, Huddleston Glacier, Tewaewae Glacier, Eugenie Glacier.

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View of Tasman Lake and Irish Stream (on the far right). On the skykine are Mount Biretta, The Nuns Veil, The Acolyte and Mount Bruce.

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On the south ridge of Mount Wakefield. The Tasman River and Lake Pukaki are in the background.

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The tarn at 1670m of elevation on the southern slopes of Mount Wakefield.

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Approaching the summit of Mount Wakefield

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On the summit of Mount Wakefield

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On the summit of Mount Wakefield. Mount Sefton is in the background.

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View of the Sealy Range, Mount Sefton and Mueller Glacier Lake from the summit of Mount Wakefield

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View north from the summit of Mount Wakefield. Mount Kinsey is in the foreground at centre image. On the skyline are, from left to right, Mount Dixon, Mount Haidinger, The Minarets, Mount Elie de Beaumont, Hochstetter Dome, Malte Brun, Mount Chudleigh, Mount Johnson.

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Panorama from the summit of Mount Wakefield, looking north-west

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Panorama from the summit of Mount Wakefield, looking north-west

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View of Mount Biretta, The Nuns Veil and the Tasman Lake from the summit of Mount Wakefield. Irish Stream is on the far right.

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View of Mount Biretta and The Nuns Veil from the summit of Mount Wakefield.

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View into the Murchison River from the summit of Mount Wakefield. Malte Brun and Mount Chudleigh are on the left; Mount Hutton is on the far right.

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View north along the Mount Cook Range from the summit of Mount Wakefield. Mount Kinsey is in the foreground on the far right. The snowy peaks on the skyline are, from left to right, Mount Dixon, Mount Haidinger, The Minarets, Mount Elie de Beaumont.

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Mount Sefton from the summit of Mount Wakefield. The glaciers are, from left to right, the Tuckett Glacier, Huddleston Glacier, Tewaewae Glacier, Eugenie Glacier.

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View of the Sealy Range from the summit of Mount Wakefield. Mount Sealy is the prominent peak left of centre image. The two glaciers are the Annette Plateau and the Metelille Glacier.

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The high peak of Mount Wakefield (2058m) from the low peak (Pt 2012m). Aoraki / Mount Cook is in the background, partially concealed in cloud.

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Descending from Mount Wakefield. Mount Biretta, The Nuns Veil and the Tasman Lake are in the background.

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Tasman River and Lake Pukaki, with the Kaimakamaka Peaks on right.

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Mount Sefton, the Tuckett, Huddleston and Tewaewae Glaciers below.

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Mount Sealy

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Tarn at 1650m of elevation on Mount Wakefield

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Tarn at 1650m of elevation on Mount Wakefield. Mount Sealy back left.

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Tarn at 1650m of elevation on Mount Wakefield. The summit of Mount Sefton is just visible at centre image.

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View west from Mount Wakefield: Mount Sefton, The Footstool, Mueller Glacier Lake.

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Mount Sealy and Mueller Glacier Lake from Mount Wakefield

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View of Mount Cook Village, Mount Edgar Thomson and Mount Sealy from Mount Wakefield.

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Mount Sefton and The Footstool from Mount Wakefield. The glaciers are, from left to right, the Tuckett Glacier, Huddleston Glacier, Tewaewae Glacier, Eugenie Glacier.

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Mount Sealy

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Mount Sefton east face

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Mount Sefton east face

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The Footstool east face

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The Footstool east face

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Mount Bannie (the double summit on left), Mount Isabel and Maunga Ma from Mount Wakefield. The top of the Ngakanohi Glacier is on the far right. Mueller Hut is in the foreground at centre image.

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The Hermitage

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Mount Cook Village

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Mount Sefton east face

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Tarn at 1650m of elevation on Mount Wakefield

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