List of mountains of New Zealand by height
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The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand[1] 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 site.
Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.
Named summits over 2,900 m[]
All summits over 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) are within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island, and all but one (Mount Aspiring) are within a 10-mile (16 km) radius of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.
Rank | Summit | Height | Prominence[2] | Isolation | Nearest higher peak | |||
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m | ft | m | ft | km | miles | |||
1 | Aoraki / Mount Cook [3] | 3,724 | 12,218 | 3,724 | 12,218 | 3,140 | 1,950 | Mount Minto, Admiralty Mountains |
2 | Aoraki: Middle Peak | 3,717 | 12,195 | 40 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.5 | High Peak |
3 | Aoraki: Low Peak | 3,593 | 11,788 | 47 | 154 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Middle Peak |
4 | Mount Tasman | 3,497 | 11,473 | 519 | 1,703 | 3.2 | 2.0 | Aoraki |
5 | Mount Dampier | 3,440 | 11,286 | 92 | 302 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Aoraki |
6 | Mount Vancouver | 3,309 | 10,856 | 20 | 60 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Mount Dampier |
7 | Silberhorn | 3,300 | 10,827 | 35 | 115 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Mount Tasman |
8 | Malte Brun | 3,198 | 10,492 | 780 | 2,559 | 11.3 | 7.0 | Mount Tasman |
9 | Mount Hicks | 3,198 | 10,492 | 70 | 230 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Mount Dampier |
10 | Lendenfeld Peak | 3,194 | 10,479 | 101 | 331 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Mount Tasman |
11 | 3,184 | 10,446 | 14 | 46 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Silberhorn | |
12 | 3,160 | 10,367 | 110 | 360 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Mount Tasman | |
13 | Mount Sefton | 3,151 | 10,338 | 1063 | 3,488 | 11.9 | 6.8 | Aoraki |
14 | 3,144 | 10,315 | 15 | 50 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Mount Graham | |
15 | Mount Haast | 3,114 | 10,217 | 127 | 417 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Lendenfeld Peak |
16 | Mount Elie de Beaumont | 3,109 | 10,200 | 648 | 2,126 | 8.8 | 5.5 | Mount Haast |
17 | La Perouse | 3,078 | 10,098 | 496 | 1,627 | 3.2 | 2.0 | Aoraki |
18 | Douglas Peak | 3,077 | 10,095 | 318 | 1,043 | 2.7 | 1.6 | Mount Haast |
19 | 3,070 | 10,072 | 160 | 525 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Douglas Peak | |
20 | 3,049 | 10,003 | 20 | 60 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Mount Teichelmann | |
21 | 3,042 | 9,980 | 10 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Mount Vancouver | |
22 | The Minarets | 3,040 | 9,974 | 560 | 1,835 | 5.2 | 3.2 | Elie de Beaumont |
23 | Mount Aspiring / Tititea | 3,033 | 9,951 | 2471 | 8,107 | 130.6 | 81.1 | Mount Sefton |
24 | 3,025 | 9,925 | 340 | 1,115 | 1.6 | 1.0 | Malte Brun | |
25 | Mount Dixon | 3,004 | 9,856 | 60 | 200 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Mount Haast |
26 | 3,002 | 9,849 | 75 | 250 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Douglas Peak | |
27 | 2,966 | 9,731 | 483 | 1,585 | 3.2 | 2.0 | Malte Brun | |
28 | 2,965 | 9,728 | 255 | 840 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Mount Hamilton | |
29 | 2,960 | 9,711 | 110 | 360 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Magellan | |
30 | 2,952 | 9,685 | 225 | 740 | 1.5 | 0.9 | Haeckel Peak | |
31 | 2,950 | 9,678 | 240 | 790 | 1.5 | 0.9 | Mount Chudleigh | |
32 | De La Beche | 2,950 | 9,678 | 40 | 130 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Minarets |
33 | Mount Annan | 2,934 | 9,626 | 85 | 280 | 0.7 | 0.4 | Mount Darwin |
34 | Mount Low | 2,932 | 9,619 | 87 | 285 | 0.4 | 0.2 | La Perouse |
35 | 2,925 | 9,596 | 106 | 348 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Aoraki (Low Peak) | |
36 | Mount Gold Smith | 2,909 | 9,544 | 40 | 130 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Minarets |
37 | Mount Walters | 2,905 | 9,531 | 115 | 380 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Elie de Beaumont |
The 100 highest mountains[]
These are all the mountains over 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least 300 metres (980 ft), closely matching those on the list of mountains of New Zealand by the New Zealand Alpine Club. Five peaks overlooked on that list are indicated with an asterisk. Of these 100 mountains, all but two — Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak) (19th highest) and Mount Taranaki / Egmont (65th highest) — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikoura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps.
Rank | Mountain | Height (m) | Drop (m) | Isol. (km) | Coordinates | First ascent | First ascent party [4] |
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1 | Aoraki / Mount Cook | 3724 | 3724 | 3,140 | 43°35′42″S 170°08′32″E / 43.59500°S 170.14222°E | 25 Dec 1894 | , Tom Fyfe, George Graham |
2 | Mount Tasman | 3497 | 519 | 3.2 | 43°33′57″S 170°09′26″E / 43.56583°S 170.15722°E | 5 Feb 1895 | , Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen |
3 | Malte Brun | 3199 | 780 | 11.3 | 43°33′44″S 170°18′18″E / 43.56222°S 170.30500°E | 7 Mar 1894 | Tom Fyfe |
4 | Mount Sefton | 3151 | 1063 | 10.9 | 43°40′57″S 170°02′32″E / 43.68250°S 170.04222°E | 14 Feb 1895 | Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen |
5 | Mount Elie de Beaumont | 3109 | 648 | 8.8 | 43°28′54″S 170°19′41″E / 43.48167°S 170.32806°E | 15 Feb 1906 | Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem |
6 | La Perouse | 3078 | 496 | 3.2 | 43°36′05″S 170°05′32″E / 43.60139°S 170.09222°E | 1 Feb 1906 | Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann |
7 | Douglas Peak | 3077 | 318 | 2.7 | 43°32′30″S 170°12′09″E / 43.54167°S 170.20250°E | 28 Jan 1907 | Alexander Graham, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann |
8 | The Minarets | 3040 | 560 | 5.2 | 43°30′35″S 170°16′28″E / 43.50972°S 170.27444°E | 9 Feb 1897 | Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross |
9 | Mount Aspiring / Tititea | 3033 | 2471 | 130.6 | 44°23′03″S 168°43′41″E / 44.38417°S 168.72806°E | 23 Nov 1909 | Bernard Head, , Peter Graham |
10 | 3025 | 340 | 1.6 | 43°33′16″S 170°19′46″E / 43.55444°S 170.32944°E | 1 Dec 1909 | Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, , Peter Graham | |
11 | 2966 | 483 | 3.2 | 43°35′14″S 170°16′43″E / 43.58722°S 170.27861°E | Jan 1911 | Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy | |
12 | Tapuae-o-Uenuku[5][6] | 2885 | 2022 | 318.7 | 41°59′45″S 173°39′46″E / 41.99583°S 173.66278°E | Apr 1864 | Nehemiah McRae and two others |
13 | [6] | 2877 | 315 | 2.6 | 42°00′34″S 173°38′15″E / 42.00944°S 173.63750°E | 1928 | T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley |
14 | 2875 | 1153 | 20.0 | 43°27′54″S 170°34′54″E / 43.46500°S 170.58167°E | 12 Mar 1910 | Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, | |
15 | Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi | 2830 | 1359 | 36.3 | 44°37′20″S 168°24′38″E / 44.62222°S 168.41056°E | 16 Mar 1890 | Harry Birley |
16 | 2827 | 392 | 2.1 | 43°30′09″S 170°20′57″E / 43.50250°S 170.34917°E | 27 Mar 1883 | Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew | |
17 | 2822 | 662 | 7.3 | 43°36′16″S 170°23′29″E / 43.60444°S 170.39139°E | 17 Jan 1914 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | |
18 | 2811 | 717 | 9.8 | 43°33′06″S 170°33′17″E / 43.55167°S 170.55472°E | 8 Jan 1917 | Edgar Williams and William Kennedy | |
19 | Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak)[7] | 2797 | 2797 | 341.9 | 39°17′22″S 175°33′46″E / 39.28944°S 175.56278°E | Feb 1879 | George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell |
20 | Mount Arrowsmith | 2781 | 911 | 34.2 | 43°21′25″S 170°58′42″E / 43.35694°S 170.97833°E | 4 Feb 1912 | Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy |
21 | 2749 | 559 | 11.3 | 43°41′36″S 170°14′51″E / 43.69333°S 170.24750°E | 4 Dec 1905 | Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay, | |
22 | Mount Burns | 2746 | 376 | 7.3 | 43°44′43″S 169°59′05″E / 43.74528°S 169.98472°E | 1909 | B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, |
23 | Mount Tūtoko | 2723 | 2191 | 30.4 | 44°35′40″S 168°00′45″E / 44.59444°S 168.01250°E | 4 Mar 1924 | Samuel Turner and Peter Graham |
24 | 2706 | 315 | 3.4 | 43°20′00″S 171°00′37″E / 43.33333°S 171.01028°E | Dec 1931 | Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett | |
25 | Mount Hopkins | 2678 | 507 | 5.1 | 43°47′27″S 169°57′48″E / 43.79083°S 169.96333°E | 11 Mar 1914 | Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne |
26 | [8] | 2669 | 446 | 4.6 | 43°29′12″S 170°24′40″E / 43.48667°S 170.41111°E | 7 Mar 1914 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind |
26 | [8] | 2669 | 446 | 2.8 | 43°29′54″S 170°23′39″E / 43.49833°S 170.39417°E | Jan 1917 | Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp |
28 | Mount Whitcombe | 2650 | 921 | 15.2 | 43°12′58″S 170°54′46″E / 43.21611°S 170.91278°E | 28 Dec 1931 | Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams |
29 | 2645 | 624 | 12.3 | 43°51′59″S 169°50′03″E / 43.86639°S 169.83417°E | Jan 1934 | Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams | |
30 | 2644 | 458 | 6.9 | 44°27′05″S 168°43′21″E / 44.45139°S 168.72250°E | 2 Mar 1935 | Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton, George Palmer, Don Divers, Russell & George Edwards, Gordon Edward | |
31 | 2643 | 1198 | 10.0 | 43��47′49″S 169°45′20″E / 43.79694°S 169.75556°E | Mar 1935 | Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie | |
32 | 2640 | 1201 | 7.6 | 43°49′51″S 169°40′27″E / 43.83083°S 169.67417°E | Dec 1928 | Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner | |
33 | 2638 | 500 | 4.5 | 43°27′41″S 170°27′20″E / 43.46139°S 170.45556°E | Jan 1933 | A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser, | |
34 | * | 2637 | 307 | 2.6 | 43°18′51″S 170°59′22″E / 43.31417°S 170.98944°E | Jan 1933 | H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson |
35 | 2630 | 320 | 4.3 | 43°39′57″S 170°17′35″E / 43.66583°S 170.29306°E | |||
36 | 2627 | 635 | 4.7 | 43°45′53″S 170°02′44″E / 43.76472°S 170.04556°E | 24 Jan 1895 | , C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen | |
37 | 2621 | 399 | 1.7 | 42°00′17″S 173°36′34″E / 42.00472°S 173.60944°E | Jan 1895 | Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore | |
38 | 2620 | 1145 | 11.1 | 44°27′59″S 168°35′05″E / 44.46639°S 168.58472°E | 1914 | Bernard Head, and Colin Ferrier | |
39 | 2620 | 522 | 3.5 | 43°11′08″S 170°55′33″E / 43.18556°S 170.92583°E | 1 Jan 1934 | John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson | |
40 | * | 2617 | 345 | 4.8 | 43°38′44″S 170°21′17″E / 43.64556°S 170.35472°E | Jan 1953 | C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend |
41 | 2610 | 535 | 3.1 | 44°35′32″S 168°24′16″E / 44.59222°S 168.40444°E | Dec 1930 | Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling | |
42 | Manakau | 2608 | 1798 | 23.8 | 42°13′30″S 173°37′03″E / 42.22500°S 173.61750°E | 1874 | James Ingram |
43 | 2606 | 380 | 3.3 | 44°25′19″S 168°44′28″E / 44.42194°S 168.74111°E | Jan 1935 | Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim | |
44 | 2602 | 410 | 1.9 | 43°37′31″S 170°05′21″E / 43.62528°S 170.08917°E | 27 Mar 1914 | Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain | |
45 | 2598 | 344 | 2.6 | 43°33′40″S 170°25′09″E / 43.56111°S 170.41917°E | 9 Mar 1914 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | |
46 | 2590 | 585 | 12.7 | 43°58′35″S 169°52′41″E / 43.97639°S 169.87806°E | Nov 1934 | Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson | |
47 | 2590 | 532 | 7.7 | 42°11′08″S 173°41′40″E / 42.18556°S 173.69444°E | |||
48 | 2590 | 360 | 3.4 | 43°26′03″S 170°28′32″E / 43.43417°S 170.47556°E | 29 Dec 1935 | J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton | |
49 | 2585 | 480 | 4.4 | 44°33′23″S 168°25′47″E / 44.55639°S 168.42972°E | Mar 1914 | Hugh Francis Wright | |
50 | 2583 | 350 | 3.1 | 43°29′43″S 170°35′16″E / 43.49528°S 170.58778°E | Feb 1912 | Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy | |
51 | 2580 | 695 | 10.6 | 43°20′43″S 170°50′39″E / 43.34528°S 170.84417°E | Dec 1932 | H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren, E C A Ferrier | |
52 | 2570 | 306 | 0.8 | 44°36′45″S 168°24′36″E / 44.61250°S 168.41000°E | 1890 | Harry Birley | |
53 | 2562 | 383 | 4.3 | 43°31′06″S 170°26′38″E / 43.51833°S 170.44389°E | 10 Mar 1914 | Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind | |
54 | 2561 | 410 | 3.5 | 43°46′39″S 169°47′29″E / 43.77750°S 169.79139°E | Jan 1935 | Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack | |
55 | 2558 | 305 | 3.9 | 43°25′46″S 170°31′23″E / 43.42944°S 170.52306°E | Dec 1920 | Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe | |
56 | 2557 | 540 | 10.8 | 43°52′43″S 170°01′28″E / 43.87861°S 170.02444°E | 1948 | Norman Hardie | |
57 | 2556 | 472 | 4.1 | 43°42′16″S 170°19′17″E / 43.70444°S 170.32139°E | |||
58 | 2546 | 730 | 14.2 | 43°35′35″S 170°43′37″E / 43.59306°S 170.72694°E | Feb 1922 | Harold (Ned) Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers | |
59 | 2543 | 644 | 10.7 | 43°18′59″S 170°43′01″E / 43.31639°S 170.71694°E | 25 Dec 1933 | LK Wilson, HW Cormack | |
60 | 2538 | 370 | 5.2 | 43°50′10″S 169°53′16″E / 43.83611°S 169.88778°E | Dec 1934 | Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson | |
61 | 2536 | 1127 | 19.9 | 44°13′56″S 168°52′25″E / 44.23222°S 168.87361°E | Jan 1934 | E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton | |
62 | 2536 | 543 | 2.8 | 44°36′51″S 168°02′45″E / 44.61417°S 168.04583°E | 1920 | Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner | |
63 | 2535 | 309 | 3.0 | 44°26′10″S 168°36′38″E / 44.43611°S 168.61056°E | 5 Mar 1935 | Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles | |
64 | 2525 | 1001 | 12.7 | 44°38′07″S 168°34′30″E / 44.63528°S 168.57500°E | Feb 1914 | Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson | |
65 | Mount Taranaki / Egmont | 2518 | 2308 | 128.5 | 39°17′46″S 174°03′50″E / 39.29611°S 174.06389°E | 23 Dec 1839 | Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly |
66 | 2518 | 303 | 1.5 | 44°13′16″S 168°53′02″E / 44.22111°S 168.88389°E | Mar 1937 | C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters | |
67 | 2517 | 527 | 6.0 | 44°27′56″S 168°30′22″E / 44.46556°S 168.50611°E | |||
68 | 2516 | 938 | 35.7 | 44°03′56″S 169°27′00″E / 44.06556°S 169.45000°E | Jan 1929 | C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner | |
69 | 2512 | 521 | 5.3 | 43°17′59″S 170°49′01″E / 43.29972°S 170.81694°E | 8 Mar 1911 | Ebenezer Teichelmann, Peter Graham, | |
70 | 2510 | 714 | 8.1 | 44°32′25″S 168°35′51″E / 44.54028°S 168.59750°E | 8 Jan 1958 | Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child | |
71 | 2510 | 371 | 1.6 | 43°33′18″S 170°43′38″E / 43.55500°S 170.72722°E | Dec 1923 | Harold (Ned) Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker | |
72 | 2505 | 870 | 18.3 | 44°04′15″S 169°40′43″E / 44.07083°S 169.67861°E | Oct 1939 | Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis | |
73 | 2502 | 414 | 3.1 | 44°29′07″S 168°28′36″E / 44.48528°S 168.47667°E | 9 Mar 1933 | Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards | |
74 | 2500 | 395 | 4.1 | 43°56′43″S 170°01′16″E / 43.94528°S 170.02111°E | Apr 1939 | Rex Booth, Reg Winn | |
75 | 2499 | 430 | 1.6 | 43°57′32″S 169°52′39″E / 43.95889°S 169.87750°E | Apr 1936 | Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson | |
76 | 2496 | 310 | 3.6 | 44°31′48″S 168°38′25″E / 44.53000°S 168.64028°E | 21 Feb 1936 | Frank Wright and J R Simpson | |
77 | 2486 | 420 | 3.9 | 43°25′54″S 170°36′56″E / 43.43167°S 170.61556°E | Feb 1925 | William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe | |
78 | 2486 | 410 | 3.6 | 43°16′55″S 170°51′19″E / 43.28194°S 170.85528°E | Dec 1932 | H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren | |
79 | 2485 | 434 | 2.9 | 43°13′37″S 170°56′52″E / 43.22694°S 170.94778°E | Jan 1914 | Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch | |
80 | 2480 | 415 | 3.1 | 44°39′37″S 168°33′07″E / 44.66028°S 168.55194°E | |||
81 | 2474 | 1076 | 42.5 | 44°47′35″S 168°02′54″E / 44.79306°S 168.04833°E | Jan 1925 | G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater | |
82 | 2465 | 390 | 1.4 | 43°49′24″S 169°53′35″E / 43.82333°S 169.89306°E | Mar 1936 | Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith | |
83 | 2459 | 555 | 5.4 | 43°44′50″S 170°21′27″E / 43.74722°S 170.35750°E | |||
84 | 2456 | 530 | 11.5 | 44°09′35″S 169°36′12″E / 44.15972°S 169.60333°E | Jan 1936 | Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave | |
85 | 2451 | 921 | 6.6 | 43°45′03″S 169°52′12″E / 43.75083°S 169.87000°E | Jan 1935 | Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell | |
86 | Pt 2447 | 2447 | 440 | 4.7 | 43°45′37″S 170°18′08″E / 43.76028°S 170.30222°E | ||
87 | 2446 | 697 | 9.3 | 44°27′24″S 168°21′55″E / 44.45667°S 168.36528°E | |||
88 | 2444 | 634 | 6.6 | 43°17′29″S 170°38′20″E / 43.29139°S 170.63889°E | 28 Dec 1935 | John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney | |
89 | Pt 2444 | 2444 | 440 | 2.8 | 43°42′04″S 170°21′28″E / 43.70111°S 170.35778°E | ||
90 | 2434 | 493 | 4.2 | 43°53′33″S 169°47′36″E / 43.89250°S 169.79333°E | Dec 1934 | Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell | |
91 | 2431 | 370 | 4.2 | 43°58′36″S 170°03′05″E / 43.97667°S 170.05139°E | |||
92 | 2430 | 528 | 6.3 | 43°41′51″S 170°26′10″E / 43.69750°S 170.43611°E | |||
93 | 2430 | 328 | 2.8 | 43°17′28″S 170°44′37″E / 43.29111°S 170.74361°E | 30 Dec 1933 | LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes | |
94 | Pt 2428 * | 2428 | 325 | 3.9 | 43°50′09″S 170°02′01″E / 43.83583°S 170.03361°E | ||
95 | 2424 | 300 | 2.5 | 43°18′38″S 170°39′24″E / 43.31056°S 170.65667°E | 27 Dec 1935 | N Barker, GDT Hall | |
96 | * | 2421 | 417 | 1.9 | 43°20′39″S 171°02′41″E / 43.34417°S 171.04472°E | Mar 1932 | W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham |
97 | 2414 | 365 | 2.7 | 42°09′25″S 173°42′58″E / 42.15694°S 173.71611°E | |||
98 | 2414 | 325 | 3.0 | 44°02′23″S 169°42′02″E / 44.03972°S 169.70056°E | |||
99 | (Pt 2413) | 2413 | 353 | 6.6 | 44°43′13″S 168°33′12″E / 44.72028°S 168.55333°E | Dec 1953 | J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams |
100 | 2409 | 459 | 7.0 | 43°45′22″S 170°12′06″E / 43.75611°S 170.20167°E | 1903 | , C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant | |
101 | Mount Murchison | 2408 | 1169 | 41.4 | 43°00′14″S 171°22′37″E / 43.00389°S 171.37694°E | Mar 1913 | Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot |
102 | 2408 | 405 | 3.6 | 42°02′00″S 173°34′11″E / 42.03333°S 173.56972°E | |||
103 | * | 2404 | 494 | 5.1 | 43°34′09″S 170°39′05″E / 43.56917°S 170.65139°E | Dec 1941 | Bob Clark-Hall, J L (Pat) Clark-Hall |
104 | 2403 | 520 | 12.8 | 43°27′39″S 170°46′47″E / 43.46083°S 170.77972°E | Dec 1931 | Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin | |
105 | 2403 | 385 | 5.1 | 43°21′54″S 170°42′27″E / 43.36500°S 170.70750°E | Dec 1935 | Neville Barker, Duncan Hall |
Other notable mountains and hills[]
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Over 2,000 metres[]
- Te Heuheu – 2,732 m (8,963 ft)- highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
- – 2,391 m (7,844 ft)
- – 2,343 m (7,687 ft)
- – 2,341 m (7,680 ft)
- Mount Franklin (Tasman) – 2,340 m (7,677 ft)
- – 2,338 m (7,671 ft)
- – 2,333 m (7,654 ft)[9]
- Double Cone – 2,319 m (7,608 ft)[9]
- Mount Tūwhakarōria – 2,307 m (7,569 ft)
- – 2,293 m (7,523 ft)
- Mount Ngauruhoe – 2,287 m (7,503 ft)
- – 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
- Mount Rolleston – 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
- – 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
- – 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
- – 2,216 m (7,270 ft)
- Mount Adams – 2,208 m (7,244 ft)
- – 2,192 m (7,192 ft)
- Mount Hutt – 2,185 m (7,169 ft)
- Mount Franklin (Canterbury) – 2,145 m (7,037 ft)
- – 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
- Mount Olympus – 2,094 m (6,870 ft)
- Dobson Peak – 2,095 m (6,873 ft)
- – 2,093 m (6,867 ft)
- – 2,077 m (6,814 ft)
- – 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
- Damfool – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
- – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
- – 2,022 m (6,634 ft)
1,000 to 2,000 metres[]
- – 1,998 m (6,555 ft)
- Mount Tongariro – 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
- Cecil Peak – 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
- – 1,963 m (6,440 ft)
- Mount Cardrona – 1,936 m (6,352 ft)
- Mount Ollivier – 1,933 m (6,342 ft)
- Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,932 m (6,339 ft) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
- Mount Owen – 1,875 m (6,152 ft)
- Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,846 m (6,056 ft)
- Totara Peak (Benmore Range) – 1,822 m (5,978 ft)
- Walter Peak – 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
- Mount Arthur – 1,795 m (5,889 ft)
- Mount Hikurangi (Gisborne District) – 1,754 m (5,755 ft) (highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
- Ben Lomond – 1,751 m (5,745 ft)
- Mount Peel – 1,743 m (5,719 ft)
- – 1,730 m (5,680 ft) (second highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
- Kaweka J (Kaweka Range) – 1,724 m (5,656 ft)
- Mount Axford – 1,720 m (5,640 ft)
- Brown Peak, Sturge Island (subantarctic island) – 1,705 m (5,594 ft)[10] or 1,524 m (5,000 ft)[11]
- – 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
- Mitre Peak – 1,692 m (5,551 ft)
- Mount Somers / Te Kiekie – 1,688 m (5,538 ft)
- Purple Hill (Lake Pearson, above Waimakariri Valley) – 1,680 m (5,510 ft)
- Mount Pisgah – 1,643 m (5,390 ft) (highest peak of the Kakanui Range)
- Roys Peak – 1,578 m (5,177 ft)
- The Mitre (Tararua Range) – 1,571 m (5,154 ft)
- Mount Hector (Tararua Range) – 1,529 m (5,016 ft)
- Angle Knob (Tararua Range) – 1,510 m (4,950 ft)
- Hauhungatahi – 1,521 m (4,990 ft)
- Mount Lyndon – 1,489 m (4,885 ft)
- Mid Dome – 1,478 m (4,849 ft)
- Mount Luxmore – 1,472 m (4,829 ft)
- Mount Holdsworth (Tararua Range) – 1,470 m (4,820 ft)
- The Cairn (Benmore Range) – 1,464 m (4,803 ft)
- Summit Peak – 1,450 m (4,760 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
- Mount Arowhana – 1,439 m (4,721 ft)
- Jumbo Peak (Tararua Range) – 1,405 m (4,610 ft)
- (Pouakai Range) – 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
- – 1,375 m (4,511 ft)
- – 1,364 m (4,475 ft)
- Young Island (subantarctic island) – 1,340 m (4,400 ft)
- (Hanmer, South Island) – 1,324 m (4,344 ft)
- The Buscot (Benmore Range) – 1,245 m (4,085 ft)
- Buckle Island (subantarctic island) – 1,239 m (4,065 ft)
- Mount Noble – 1,220 m (4,000 ft)
- – 1,204 m (3,950 ft)
- Mount Grono (Secretary Island) – 1,196 m (3,924 ft) (highest peak in main New Zealand chain not in the North or South Island)
- – 1,175 m (3,855 ft)
- Mount Tarawera – 1,111 m (3,645 ft)
- Mount Tauhara – 1,088 m (3,570 ft)
- Mount John – 1,031 m (3,383 ft) (site of Mount John University Observatory)
- – 1,023 m (3,356 ft)
Under 1,000 metres[]
- Mount Ross – 983 m (3,225 ft) (highest point in the Aorangi Range)
- Mount Anglem – 979 m (3,212 ft) (highest peak on Stewart Island/Rakiura)
- Mount Pirongia – 959 m (3,146 ft)
- Mount Te Aroha – 952 m (3,123 ft) (highest point in the Kaimai Range)
- Mount Matthews – 940 m (3,080 ft) (highest peak in Rimutaka Range)
- Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) – 920 m (3,020 ft) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
- Wharite Peak – 920 m (3,020 ft)
- Queenstown Hill – 907 m (2,976 ft)
- Maungatua – 900 m (3,000 ft)
- Moehau – 892 m (2,927 ft) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
- Mount Graham – 829 m (2,720 ft)
- Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) – 820 m (2,690 ft)
- Maungatautari – 797 m (2,615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
- – 781 m (2,562 ft) (highest point in Northland)
- – 770 m (2,530 ft) (second highest point in Northland)
- Tākaka Hill – 760 m (2,490 ft)
- Mount Ngongotahā – 757 m (2,484 ft)
- Mount Karioi – 756 m (2,480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)
- Swampy Summit – 739 m (2,425 ft) (highest remnant of the Dunedin Volcano)
- Little Barrier Island – 722 m (2,369 ft)
- Mount Pye – 720 m (2,360 ft) (highest point in The Catlins)
- Mount McKerrow – 706 m (2,316 ft)
- Mount Dick (highest point in the Auckland Islands, on Adams Island) – 705 m (2,313 ft)
- Kohukohunui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) – 688 m (2,257 ft)
- (highest point in the Kaitake Range) – 684 m (2,244 ft)
- Mount Cargill – 680 m (2,230 ft)
- Flagstaff (Dunedin) – 666 m (2,185 ft)
- – 665 m (2,182 ft)
- – 645 m (2,116 ft) Hawkes Bay Region
- Mount Hikurangi (Northland) – 625 m (2,051 ft)
- Mount Hobson (highest point on Great Barrier Island) – 621 m (2,037 ft)
- Hokonui Hills – 600 m (2,000 ft)
- Mount Honey (Campbell Island) – 558 m (1,831 ft)
- (Hauraki District – 544 m (1,785 ft)
- Castle Rock in the Coromandel Range – 525 metres (1,722 ft)
- – 516 m (1,693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
- – 495 m (1,624 ft)
- Te Heru o Kahukura / Sugarloaf (Christchurch) – 494 m (1,621 ft)
- Kohinurākau (Hastings) – 490 m (1,610 ft)
- Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitākere Ranges) – 474 m (1,555 ft)
- Saddle Hill (Dunedin) – 473 m (1,552 ft)
- (Porirua, Wellington) – 468 m (1,535 ft)
- Kakepuku (Waikato, North Island) – 449 m (1,473 ft)
- Mount Kaukau (Wellington) – 445 m (1,460 ft)
- Mount Charles – 408 m (1,339 ft) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
- Mount Manaia (Whangarei) – 403 m (1,322 ft)
- Te Mata Peak (Hastings) – 399 m (1,309 ft)
- Signal Hill (Dunedin) – 393 m (1,289 ft)
- Mayor Island / Tuhua – 355 m (1,165 ft)
- Whakaari / White Island – 321 m (1,053 ft)
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu – 305 m (1,001 ft)
- – 301 m (988 ft)
- Brooklyn Hill (Wellington) – 299 m (981 ft)
- Maungatere Hill – 294 m (965 ft) (highest named point in the Chatham Islands)[12]
- Mangere – 286 m (938 ft) (highest point on Mangere Island)
- ("The Bluff", Bluff, Southland) – 265 m (869 ft)
- Rangitoto Island – 260 m (850 ft)
- Mount Maunganui – 230 m (750 ft)
- Mount Victoria, Wellington – 196 m (643 ft)
- Mount Eden (Auckland) – 196 m (643 ft)
- One Tree Hill (Auckland) – 182 m (597 ft)
- (New Plymouth) – 156 m (512 ft)
- Mount Wellington (Auckland) – 137 m (449 ft)
- Mount Albert (Auckland) – 135 m (443 ft)
- (Hastings) – 134 m (440 ft)
- Mount Roskill (Auckland) – 110 m (360 ft)
- Mangere Mountain – 107 m (351 ft)
- (Napier) – 101 m (331 ft)
Notes[]
- ^ These lists exclude mountains in the Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by and administered by New Zealand, though could include the similarly claimed and administered Balleny Islands. These claims are in abeyance, in accord with the Antarctic Treaty. If mountains in the Ross Dependency were included in this list, several notable peaks would appear in the upper part of this list, including Mount Erebus which, at 3,795 metres (12,451 ft), would outrank Aoraki / Mount Cook, and the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land.
- ^ In the absence of a height for the key col , the prominence is estimated from contour lines and presented in italics.
- ^ The high peak of Aoraki was 3764 m high until 14 December 1991, when a massive rock/ice collapse broke off 10 meters. Subsequent erosion of the exposed ice cap reduced its height by a further 30 m as of November 2013.[1]
- ^ First ascent dates and parties were mostly extracted from the National Route database at Climb NZ
- ^ Highest peak outside the Southern Alps
- ^ a b In the Inland Kaikoura Range
- ^ Highest peak on the North Island
- ^ a b Brodrick Peak and Mount Mannering are equally high summits separated by the 2,400 m Whataroa Saddle (269 m drop)
- ^ a b "Oceania P5000s". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
- ^ Brown Peak, Composite Gazeetter of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. US source.
- ^ Brown Peak, Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. NZ source.
- ^ An unnamed point to the southwest of Maungatere Hill rises to 299 m (981 ft).
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