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Ben Ohau Range is a mountain range in Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand. [1] It lies west of Lake Pukaki, at and east of the Dobson river and Lake Ōhau. The Ben Ohau range is dominated at the southern end by Ben Ohau (1522m). Other mountains in the range include Backbone Peak (2263m), MacKenzies Peak (2200m), Glentanner Peak (2551m ...
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 ...
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 Takitimu Mountains 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).
Motutapu Island is a small island in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand, located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Russell. [1] It is situated near Blacksmiths Bay, within the Kerikeri Inlet. Etymology
Mount Arthur (Tuao Wharepapa in Māori) is in the Wharepapa / Arthur Range in the north western area of the South Island of New Zealand. [3] Mount Arthur, named after Captain Arthur Wakefield , [ 4 ] lies within Kahurangi National Park and has a peak elevation of 1,795 metres (5,889 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).
Rangitoto Range from junction of red and white tracks. The Range is formed of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Manaia Hill Group greywacke (a form of sandstone, with little or no bedding, fine to medium grained, interbedded with siltstone and conglomerate, and with many quartz veins), buried in many places by Quaternary ignimbrites.