Mount Aspiring National Park

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Mount Aspiring National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Map of New Zealand
Nearest city:	Wanaka, New Zealand
Coordinates:	44°23′″S, 168°44′″W
Area:	3555 km²
Established:	1964
Governing body:	Department of Conservation

Mount Aspiring National Park is located in the South Island of New Zealand.

It was established in 1964 as New Zealands 10th national park. The park covers 3,555 km² at the southern end of the Southern Alps, directly to the west of Lake Wanaka, and is popular for tramping, walking and mountaineering. Mount Aspiring (3033 m) is the mountain which gives the park its name. Other prominent peaks within the park include Mount Pollux (2542 m) and Mount Brewster (2519 m).

The Haast Pass, one of the three principal road routes across the Southern Alps, is found in the northeastern corner of the park.

The park forms part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site.

Popular tramping tracks in the park include:

• Gillespie Pass circuit
• Matukituki Valley
• Routeburn Track
• Rees-Dart circuit

In April 2005 the Nature Heritage Fund purchased private land in the Landsborough River valley as an addition to the park. [1][2]

[edit] See also

• National parks of New Zealand

[edit] External link

• Department of Conservation information on Mount Aspiring National Park

National Parks of New Zealand
North Island	South Island		Stewart Island
Egmont National Park Te Urewera National Park Tongariro National Park Whanganui National Park	Abel Tasman National Park Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Arthur's Pass National Park Fiordland National Park Kahurangi National Park	Mount Aspiring National Park Nelson Lakes National Park Paparoa National Park Westland National Park	Rakiura National Park