Franz Josef / Waiau
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Franz Josef is a small town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Whataroa is 32 kilometres to the north-east, and the township of Fox Glacier is 23 kilometres to the south-west
Franz Josef (middle left), next to the Waiho River, as seen from Alex Knob
Grahams Hotel at the toe of the Franz Josef Glacier, 1932. Established about 1911 by the Graham brothers and run by them it was sold to the New Zealand Government in 1947
State Highway 6 running through Franz Josef
St James Church, 2020
Franz Josef Glacier
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The Franz Josef Glacier is a 12-kilometre-long temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier 20 kilome
Franz Josef Glacier in 2011
An aerial view down the glacier.
The glacier from the valley floor in 2001
The same viewpoint in 2016