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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
Mount Wilson is located 112 kilometres (70 mi) northwest of Christchurch in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island.It is the highest peak in the Polar Range of the Southern Alps. [3]
The mountain's toponym was applied by Canterbury Mountaineering Club members to honour Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04 and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–13.
Interactive map of Mount Madeline: Location: South Island: Country: New Zealand: ... Mount Madeline is a 2,536-metre-elevation (8,320-foot) mountain in Fiordland, New ...
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into the Mingha River, whereas the east slope drains into the Edwards River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 854 metres (2,802 feet) above the Edwards Valley in 1.5 kilometres, and 1,050 metres (3,445 feet) above the Mingha Valley in two kilometres.
Mountain ranges of New Zealand. Includes prominent hill systems. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Mountain ...
Harris Mountains [3] Topo map(s) NZMS260 F40 [4] Topo50 CA11 [3] Black Peak is a 2,289-metre-elevation (7,510-foot) mountain in Otago, New Zealand. Description
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Maori is located in a marine west coast climate zone, with a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) at the summit. [6] Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountain, where the air is forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing moisture to drop in the form of rain and snow.