NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND / AOTEAROA.

Franz Josef Glacier.
Last stamp in a set of 6, issued on 12.06.1992.
Face value: 1.80 New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 28 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1235.
- StampWorld No. 1265.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1680.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1179.

Franz Josef (Maori: Kā Roimata or Hine Hukatere) is a 12 km (7.5 mi) long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, established in 1960 on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. After retreating several kilometers between 1940 and 1980, the glacier entered a phase of advance in 1984, which continued until 2008. It descends from its head to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in the Southern Alps at less than 300 m (980 ft) altitude, about 19 km (12 mi) from the Tasman Sea. The river that emerges from the end of the glacier is called Waiho.