Editing Southern Alps (section)

==Names==
The [[Māori language|Māori]] name of the range is {{lang|mi|Kā Tiritiri o te Moana}}, meaning "the [[Fata Morgana (mirage)|Mirage]] of the Ocean".<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Māui at Mahitahi|last=Wallace|first=Susan|journal=School Journal|pages=32–3|publisher=[[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education New Zealand]]|date=Jun 2022}}</ref><ref name="Linz"/>

The [[English people|English]] explorer [[James Cook]] bestowed the name ''Southern Alps'' on 23 March 1770, admiring their "prodigious height".<ref name="Naming">{{ReedPlacenames1975}} p. 384.</ref> They had previously been noted by [[Abel Tasman]] in 1642, whose description of the South Island's west coast is often translated as "a land uplifted high".<ref name="Tasman">Orsman, H. and Moore, J. (eds) (1988) ''Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations'', [[Heinemann (book publisher)|Heinemann]], Page 629.</ref>

Following the passage of the [[Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998]], the official name of the range was updated to ''Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana''.<ref>
{{cite web | url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/10.0/DLM431335.html 
| title=Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 
| access-date=30 October 2018}}
</ref>