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for glacial erosion than the lands bordering the south- 

 west corner of the Pacific Ocean. For in Australia we 

 have Mount Kosciusko (7,328 feet) with its clear evi- 

 dence that the erosive agents of the Ice Age had only 

 operated for a short time when the favorable glacial 

 environment vanished (see Figure 18). There is Tas- 

 mania with its low mountains of three thousand to five 

 thousand feet showing much more markedly the results 



Fig. 18. — Diagram showing positions of the layer of 

 maximum nivation at present, and in the pleisto- 

 CENE, PlEIOCENE conditions ARE MERELY SUGGESTED. 



of a less brief visit of the Ice Age. There is New Zea- 

 land with small glaciers in the North Island, and large 

 glaciers (very much greater than most others in tem- 

 perate lands) around Mount Cook (12,345 feet) in the 

 South Island. Finally, there are the record glaciers of 

 Antarctica to be included in the comparison. 



I do not propose to dwell on these comparisons, but 

 no glaciers show active glacial erosion to-day better 

 than those of the Mount Cook region in the center of 



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