View Of Tasman Lake On New Zealand's South Island. Tasman Lake Is A Proglacial Lake Formed By The Recent Retreat Of The Tasman Glacier In New Zealand's South Island.in The Early 1970S, There Were Several Small Meltwater Ponds On The Tasman Glacier. By 1990, These Ponds Had Merged Into Tasman Lake.tasman Lake Has Quickened The Retreat Of The Tasman Glacier. Initially It Did So By Undercutting The Cliff At The End Of The Glacier, Causing Parts Of The Cliff To Fall Into The Lake.

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