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New Zealand, layer by layer

Every one of these can be made as a layered wooden map — sized, coloured and framed your way. Don't see yours? Any place on earth works.

Lake Taupō
Lake Taupō
38°47′S · 175°55′E
New Zealand's largest lake — 616 km² of caldera, plunging to 186 m at its deepest.
Lake Wānaka
Lake Wānaka
44°30′S · 169°09′E
42 km long and up to 311 m deep — carved by glaciers, framed by the Southern Alps.
Queenstown & Lake Wakatipu
Queenstown & Lake Wakatipu
45°02′S · 168°39′E
The Remarkables rise to 2,319 m directly above a lake that falls to roughly 380 m deep.
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi
44°40′S · 167°55′E
Mitre Peak lifts 1,683 m straight out of a fiord that reaches nearly 300 m deep.
Mount Taranaki
Mount Taranaki
39°17′S · 174°03′E
A near-perfect 2,518 m stratovolcano — the most symmetrical contour lines in the country.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
Aoraki / Mount Cook
43°35′S · 170°08′E
New Zealand's highest peak at 3,724 m, flanked by the Tasman Glacier's great valley.
Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana
Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana
36°35′S · 175°00′E
An island-studded marine park — Rangitoto's 260 m cone standing over channels and banks.
Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands
35°12′S · 174°10′E
144 islands scattered across a drowned river system in the winterless north.
Raglan / Whāingaroa
Raglan / Whāingaroa
37°48′S · 174°52′E
Manu Bay's world-famous left-hand break, under the 756 m shoulder of Mt Karioi.
The Coromandel
The Coromandel
36°47′S · 175°30′E
A rugged spine rising to the 759 m Pinnacles, edged with white-sand coves.
Marlborough Sounds
Marlborough Sounds
41°12′S · 174°00′E
Drowned valleys holding roughly one-fifth of New Zealand's coastline.
Tongariro & Ngāuruhoe
Tongariro & Ngāuruhoe
39°08′S · 175°38′E
The 19.4 km Alpine Crossing threads between craters beneath Ngāuruhoe's 2,287 m cone.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
40°58′S · 173°02′E
60 km of golden granite coast on the country's sunniest corner.
Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu
39°17′S · 175°34′E
The North Island's highest point at 2,797 m, home to Whakapapa and Tūroa.
Lake Tekapo / Takapō
Lake Tekapo / Takapō
44°00′S · 170°28′E
Glacial turquoise at 710 m altitude, under an International Dark Sky Reserve.