Julius von Haast
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Sir Johann Franz Julius von Haast was a German-born New Zealand explorer, geologist, and founder of the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch.
Haast in c. 1867
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Haast with his wife Mary, 1865
Haast's grave at Holy Trinity Avonside
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
Julius von Haast
…observations, he collected numerous botanical specimens. He discovered and named many of the glaciers of the central South Island, including the Franz Joseph Glacier, in honour of the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph. He was the first person to study the bones of the extinct Haast's eagle. In 1868, Haast was appointed…
Franz Josef Glacier in 2011
An aerial view down the glacier.
The glacier from the valley floor in 2001
The same viewpoint in 2016