Mount Hector (New Zealand)

Mount Hector
Mount Hector
	Mt Hector in the winter
Highest point
Elevation	1,529 m (5,016 ft)
Coordinates	40°57′S 175°17′E / 40.950°S 175.283°ECoordinates: 40°57′S 175°17′E / 40.950°S 175.283°E
Geography
	Mount Hector North Island, New ZealandShow map of North IslandShow map of New ZealandShow all
Parent range	Tararua Range

Mount Hector is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range,^[1] situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a height of 1,529 metres (5,016 ft).

The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.^[2]

Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.^[3]

References[]

^ Maclean, Chris (7 March 2011). "Wellington places - Tararua Range". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
^ The Rutherford Journal: Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists Retrieved on 15 October 2009
^ "Mt Hector war memorial". New Zealand history online. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

This Wellington Region-related geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] Maclean, Chris (7 March 2011). "Wellington places - Tararua Range". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

[2] The Rutherford Journal: Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists Retrieved on 15 October 2009

[3] "Mt Hector war memorial". New Zealand history online. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]