Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand currently terminates 19 km from the Tasman Sea. Near the end of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago it extende

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Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand currently terminates 19 km from the Tasman Sea. Near the end of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago it extended to the present-day coastline or even beyond. It is a popular tourist attraction.

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