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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
The Kaimanawa Range, officially called the Kaimanawa Mountains since 16 July 2020, [2] is a range of mountains in the central North Island of New Zealand. [3] They extend for 50 kilometres in a northeast–southwest direction through largely uninhabited country to the south of Lake Taupō , east of the "Desert Road".
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Mount Isabel is set on the crest or Main Divide of the Southern Alps and is situated on the boundary shared by the West Coast and Canterbury Regions of the South Island.This peak is located seven kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Mount Cook Village and set on the boundary shared by Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
The mountain was named in 1861 by Julius von Haast to honour James David Forbes (1809–1868), a Scottish physicist, glaciologist, and professor at the University of Edinburgh. [5] The Māori name for this mountain is "Tururehekau". [7] This mountain's toponym has been officially approved by the New Zealand Geographic Board. [5]
The mountain was originally named Mount Tyndall by Julius von Haast, but this toponym was transferred to another peak. [3] The present name honours Gordon Hurrell Morland McClure (1859–1947), a local surveyor who worked in this area during the late 1880s.
Mount Thomson is set on the crest or Main Divide of the Southern Alps and is situated on the boundary shared by the West Coast and Canterbury Regions of South Island.This peak is located six kilometres (3.7 mi) west-northwest of Mount Cook Village and set on the boundary shared by Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Edward 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.