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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
Topo map(s) NZMS260 E40 [4] Topo50 CA09 [3] Poseidon Peak is a 2,229-metre-elevation (7,313-foot) mountain in Fiordland, New Zealand. Description
Topo map(s) NZMS260 H34 [3] Topo50 BX16 [4] Climbing; First ascent: January 1914: Mount Rudolf is a 2,743-metre-elevation (8,999-foot) mountain in New Zealand ...
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pyramid Peak is located in a marine west coast climate zone. [6] Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains, where the air is forced upward by the mountains (orographic lift), causing moisture to drop in the form of rain or snow.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,150 metres (3,773 feet) above McKerrow Glacier in 1.5 kilometre. The nearest higher peak is Mount Sefton , eight kilometres to the north-northeast. [ 2 ]
The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [ 1 ] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
An annotated relief map. New Zealand is located in the South Pacific Ocean at , near the centre of the water hemisphere. [4] It is a long and narrow country, extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) along its north-north-east axis with a maximum width of 400 kilometres (250 mi). [5]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wolseley is located in a marine west coast (Cfb) climate zone, with a tundra climate at the summit. [5] Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains, where the air is forced upward by the mountains (orographic lift), causing moisture to drop in the form of rain or snow.