Southern Alps
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plural noun
a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island. Highest peak, Mt. Cook, 12,349 feet (3,765 meters).
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In the higher and more remote regions of the Southern Alps, never yet trodden by human foot, there was nothing left for me to do.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III|Karl Ritter von ScherzerImmediately a descent upon the Italian valleys was planned, and a considerable force crossed the southern Alps.
British Dictionary definitions for Southern Alps
Southern Alps
pl n
a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
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