Sentences with phrase «cloud piercer»
Spectacular views of the Hooker and Mueller glaciers, Mount Sefton icefall, and views of New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook — 3754 metres (the Maori name translates to «Cloud Piercer»).
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Mount Cook or Aoraki (translated from the native Maori language meaning «cloud piercer») stands just over 12,300 feet (3754 meters) above sea level.
The Maoris call Mount Cook Aoraki, cloud piercer, and it is where Sir Edmund Hillary cut his climbing teeth before conquering Mount Everest.
The mountain is known as Ao - raki to the Maori, which means «cloud piercer».