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Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana Snow highlights the mountain range in this satellite image Highest point Peak Aoraki / Mount Cook Elevation 3,724 m (12,218 ft) Coordinates 43°35′44.69″S 170°8′27.75″E / 43.5957472°S 170.1410417°E / -43.5957472; 170.1410417 Dimensions Length 500 km (310 mi) Geography Location South Island, New Zealand Range coordinates 43°30′S ...
Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country. The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand [a] ordered by height. . Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
Baldy Hill from Snowslide Valley in Craigieburn Range. The Craigieburn Range forms part of the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.The range is located on the south banks of the Waimakariri River, south of Arthur's Pass and west of State Highway 73.
La Perouse is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the southwest Aoraki / Mount Cook. [1] Unlike Aoraki / Mount Cook, La Perouse sits on the South Island's Main Divide, on the border between Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
Mount Ross is part of the Two Thumb Range which is a subrange of the Southern Alps. It is located 185 kilometres (115 mi) west of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region of the South Island. [4] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into the Macaulay River and east into North East Gorge Stream, which is a tributary of the ...
It is situated 170 kilometres (106 mi) west of the city of Christchurch and is set within Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park in the Canterbury Region of South Island. Most precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east to the Rangitata River via Alma Stream, except the southwest slope which drains into Trojan Stream → North East Gorge ...
The West Coast region extends from the Southern Alps' main divide to the western coast of the South Island. The Southern Alps gets progressively further from the coast, from the south of the region where the mountains meet the sea, to the north where several other rangers of mountains are between the Southern Alps and the coast.