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Coronation Peak is the highest point of the Museum Range. [3] The prominent peak is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) west-northwest of the town of Te Anau in the Southland Region of the South Island, and is set within Fiordland National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2]
Te Anau is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. In Māori, Te-Anau means the Place of the Swirling Waters. [3] It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Te Anau is 155 kilometres north of Invercargill and 171 kilometres to the southwest of Queenstown (via state highway 6). Manapouri lies 21 ...
The Franklin Mountains of New Zealand are a group of peaks in the southwestern area of the South Island, located between Bligh Sound and Lake Te Anau, within Fiordland National Park. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains to the Hollyford River via Falls Creek, whereas the south slope drains into the headwaters of Mistake Creek → West Branch Eglinton River → Eglinton River → Lake Te Anau. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,160 metres (3,806 feet) above the Mistake Creek Valley ...
The Kepler Track is accessed from the Lake Te Anau Control Gates, either by road or a 50-minute walk from the Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre in Te Anau, or over the swingbridge across the Waiau River at Rainbow Reach, a ten-minute (12 km or 7.5 mi) drive from Te Anau.
The Takitimu Mountains are a mountain range in the Southland Region of New Zealand, that extend in a north–south direction southeast of Te Anau and Manapouri. [1] The mountain range is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) long and contains several peaks of around 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) height, with the Brunel Peaks reaching 1,650 metres (5,410 ft).
Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand visible from the nearby town of Te Anau.The mountain is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high. [1] It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).
The Murchison Mountains (Māori: Te Puhi-a-noa) [1] are a group of mountains in Fiordland National Park in New Zealand. It is the location where the South Island takahē, a type of bird presumed extinct, was rediscovered in 1948. [2] The highest mountain is Mount Lyall at 1,892 metres (6,207 ft). [3]