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| South Island, New Zealand. Cape Farewell, Southern Alps and northern Alpine fault zone.: New Zealand is on the tectonic plate boundary between the Pacific and the Indian-Australian plates. Near the center of view the near-vertical Alpine fault zone sharply defines the plate edge. The coastal zone west of the fault is moving north relative to the alpine country on the opposite side. The reddish mass of Dun Mt. has been cut in two by the fault, and the other half of the mass is some 480 km farther south. In northeastern South Island, the fault zone begins to step northeastward from South Island over to North Island. |
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