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Southern Alps

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island. Highest peak, Mt. Cook, 12,349 feet (3,765 meters).

Southern Alps

plural noun

  1. 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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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.

Immediately a descent upon the Italian valleys was planned, and a considerable force crossed the southern Alps.

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