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The current glacier lake only started to form in the 1970s, left behind as Hooker
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The glacier starts on the south-western slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook, with its tributaries Sheila
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539:Mount Hicks
297:NZ Topo Map
202:Lake Pukaki
190:Hooker Lake
183:Description
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67:Coordinates
60:New Zealand
797:Categories
569:Silberhorn
554:Malte Brun
544:La Perouse
509:Dixon Peak
270:(Thesis).
251:References
134:Retreating
652:Blue Lake
492:Mountains
441:25 August
334:25 August
306:25 August
277:25 August
163:Etymology
113:Thickness
80:170°7′0″E
77:43°40′0″S
614:Glaciers
391:20 April
363:24 March
234:See also
224:trampers
145:glaciers
121:Terminus
56:Location
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151:in the
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131:Status
105:Length
645:Lakes
443:2016
412:ISBN
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