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Fox Glacier
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DescriptionFox Glacier township/Weheka, 6 km away from Fox Glacier (one of the most accessible glaciers in the world) functions mainly as a service centre for tourists. It also services the local farming community, which had been its main focus until the 1990s (though tourism started as early as the late 1920s). The approximate township site had been gazetted as early as 1866.
Bruce Bay is 46 km to the south-west of the township, and Franz Josef is 23 km north-east. State Highway 6 runs through the town.
The population was 375 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 117 from 2001.
Fox Glacier itself is a major tourist attraction and about 1000 people daily visit it during high tourist season. Though people are told not to, some go beyond the barriers and climb without guides onto the glacier, whose rapid advance creates dangers of sudden ice and rockfalls.
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Bruce Bay is 46 km to the south-west of the township, and Franz Josef is 23 km north-east. State Highway 6 runs through the town.
The population was 375 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 117 from 2001.
Fox Glacier itself is a major tourist attraction and about 1000 people daily visit it during high tourist season. Though people are told not to, some go beyond the barriers and climb without guides onto the glacier, whose rapid advance creates dangers of sudden ice and rockfalls.
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West Coast New Zealand History (22nd May 2015). Fox Glacier. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 11th Aug 2026 12:23, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/11525