Fiordland National Park is the largest national park in New Zealand, occupying the southwestern corner of the South Island. It is a landscape of deep fiords carved by glaciers, among them Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, with steep cliffs, waterfalls, rainforest and alpine lakes, and some of the highest rainfall in the country. The park is part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area. It is the home of rare birds, including the takahe, a flightless bird thought extinct until rediscovered in the Murchison Mountains in 1948, and the kakapo. Hiking trails such as the Milford Track attract visitors from around the world.
Before and after
- 1952Publication of Charlotte's Web
- from 1952 to 1960Mau Mau rebellion
- 1952Founding of Court of Justice of the European Union
- 1952Identification of hh blood group
- 1952Establishment of Fiordland National Park
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1952The Hershey-Chase experiment confirms that DNA carries genes
- 1952Michael Ventris deciphers Linear B
- 2 February 1952Birth of Park Geun-hye
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The era
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