Mount Herbert (Canterbury)

Mount Herbert from The Monument

Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki is, at 919 metres (3,015 ft), the highest peak on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.^[1] It is south of Lyttelton Harbour with the township of Diamond Harbour at its northern foot.

The peak is named after Sidney Herbert, a member of the Canterbury Association.^[2] The official name of the peak was amended to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.^[3]

References[]

^ "Banks Peninsula tramping tracks". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ Hight, James; C.R. Straubel (1957). A History of Canterbury Volume I: to 1854. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. p. 121.
^ "Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998".

Coordinates: 43°41′23″S 172°44′31″E / 43.689590°S 172.741960°E / -43.689590; 172.741960

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[1] "Banks Peninsula tramping tracks". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[2] Hight, James; C.R. Straubel (1957). A History of Canterbury Volume I: to 1854. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. p. 121.

[3] "Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998".

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