Jonathan White (MNZM). 1938 – 2021
1986. Oil on Canvas. Dimensions: 32″ x 46″ (815 x 1170mm)
Price: NZD $9,000
Mount Aspiring National Park was established in 1964 as New Zealand’s tenth national park. Mount Aspiring National Park covers 3,562 square kilometres (1,375 sq mi) at the southern end of the Southern Alps, directly to the west of Lake Wānaka, and is popular for tramping, walking and mountaineering. Mount Aspiring / Tititea, elevation 3,033 metres (9,951 ft) above sea level, gives the park its name. Other prominent peaks within the park include Mount Pollux, elevation 2,542 metres (8,340 ft), and Mount Brewster, elevation 2,519 metres (8,264 ft). The Haast Pass, one of the three principal road routes over the Southern Alps, crosses the north-eastern corner of the park. Mount Aspiring is still home to over 100 glaciers, that contributed to the formation of the valleys in the national park. U-shaped valleys with steep sides can be found throughout Mount Aspiring National Park, which was formed through glaciation in the region 16,000 –18,000 years ago during the Ōtira Ice Age. (source Wikipedia)
