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List of mountains of New Zealand by height

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List of mountains of New Zealand by height

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand 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.

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Named summits over 2,900 m

All summits over 2,900 m 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 radius of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.

The 100 highest mountains

These are all the mountains over 2,400 m with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least 300 m (985 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.

Over 2000 metres

  • Te Heuheu - 2,732 m (8,963 ft)- highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
  • Mount Strauchon - 2,391 m (7,844 ft)
  • Mount Bonpland - 2,343 m (7,687 ft)
  • Turner Peak - 2,341 m (7,680 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Tasman) - 2,340 m (7,677 ft)
  • Mount Travers - 2,338 m (7,671 ft)
  • Mount Taylor - 2,333 m (7,654 ft)
  • Double Cone - 2,319 m (7,608 ft)
  • Mount Tuwhakaroria - 2,307 m (7,569 ft)
  • Somnus - 2,293 m (7,523 ft)
  • Mount Ngauruhoe - 2,287 m (7,503 ft)
  • Mount Hopeless - 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
  • Mount Rolleston - 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
  • Mount Aurum - 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
  • Faerie Queen - 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
  • Mount Paske - 2,216 m (7,270 ft)
  • Mount Adams - 2,208 m (7,244 ft)
  • Mount Awful - 2,192 m (7,192 ft)
  • Mount Hutt - 2,185 m (7,169 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Canterbury) - 2,145 m (7,037 ft)
  • Mount Olympus - 2,094 m (6,870 ft)
  • Dobson Peak - 2,095 m (6,873 ft)
  • David Peaks - 2,093 m (6,867 ft)
  • Mount Macfarlane - 2,077 m (6,814 ft)
  • Tooth Peak - 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
  • Damfool - 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Mount Dreadful - 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Jane Peak - 2,022 m (6,634 ft)
  • 1,000 to 2,000 metres

  • Castle Hill Peak - 1,998 m (6,555 ft)
  • Mount Tongariro - 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
  • Cecil Peak - 1,978 m (6,490 ft)
  • Mount Pisa - 1,963 m
  • Mount Cardrona - 1,936 m (6,352 ft)
  • Mount Ollivier - 1,933 m (6,342 ft)
  • Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,932 m (6,338 ft) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
  • Mount Owen - 1,875 m (6,152 ft)
  • Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,846 m (6,054 ft)
  • Totara Peak (Benmore Range) - 1,822 m (5,977 ft)
  • Walter Peak - 1,800 m (5,905 ft)
  • Mount Arthur - 1,795 m (5,887 ft)
  • Mount Hikurangi (Gisborne District) - 1,754 m (5,755 ft) (highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
  • Ben Lomond - 1,751 m (5,747 ft)
  • Mount Peel - 1,743 m (5,720 ft)
  • Mount Mangaweka - 1,730 m (5,676 ft) (second highest peak in the North Island, excluding volcanoes)
  • Kaweka J (Kaweka Range) - 1,724 m (5,659 ft)
  • Brown Peak, Sturge Island (subantarctic island) - 1,705 m (5,594 ft) or 1524 m (5,000 ft)
  • Mitre Peak - 1,692 m (5,551 ft)
  • Mount Somers / Te Kiekie - 1,678 m (5,505 ft)
  • Purple Hill (Lake Pearson, above Waimakariri Valley) - 1,680 m (5,512 ft)
  • Mount Pisgah - 1,643 m (5,392 ft) (highest peak of the Kakanui Range)
  • Roys Peak - 1,578 m (5,177 ft)
  • The Mitre (Tararua Range) - 1,571 m (5,151 ft)
  • Mount Hector (Tararua Range) - 1,529 m (5,016 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)
  • The Cairn (Benmore Range) - 1,464 m (4,801 ft)
  • Summit Peak - 1,450 m (4,756 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
  • Pouakai (Pouakai Range) - 1,400 m (4,593 ft)
  • Mount Alfred - 1,375 m (North of Queenstown)
  • Mount Oxford - 1,364 m (4475 ft)
  • Young Island (subantarctic island) - 1,340 m (4,396 ft)
  • Mount Isobel (Hanmer, South Island) - 1,324 m (4,343 ft)
  • The Buscot (Benmore Range) - 1,245 m (4,084 ft)
  • Buckle Island (subantarctic island) - 1,239 m (4,065 ft)
  • Mount Noble - 1,220 m (4,003 ft)
  • Mount Pureora - 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 (3,382 ft) (site of Mount John University Observatory)
  • Mount Thomas - 1,023 m (3,355 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 (3,084 ft) (highest peak in Rimutaka Range)
  • Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) - 920m (3,018 ft) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
  • Wharite Peak - 920 m (3,018 ft)
  • Queenstown Hill - 907 m (2,976 ft)
  • Maungatua - 900 m (2,953 ft)
  • Moehau - 892 m (2,927 ft) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
  • Mount Graham - 829 metres (2,720 ft)
  • Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) - 820 m (2,690 ft)
  • Maungatautari - 797 m (2,615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
  • Te Raupua - 781 m (2,526 ft) (highest point in Northland)
  • Tutamoe - 770 m (2,562 ft) (second highest point in Northland)
  • Takaka Hill - 760 m (2,493 ft)
  • Mount Ngongotaha - 757 m (2,484 ft)
  • Mount Karioi - 756 m (2,480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)
  • Little Barrier Island - 722 m (2,370 ft)
  • Mount Pye - 720 m (2,361 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 (2,255 ft)
  • Mount Cargill - 680 m (2,231 ft)
  • Flagstaff (Dunedin) - 666 m (2,186 ft)
  • Mount Clime - 665 m (2182 ft)
  • Kahuranaki - 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 (2,038 ft)
  • Hokonui Hills - 600 m (1,969 ft)
  • Mount Honey (Campbell Island) - 558 m (1,831 ft)
  • Castle Rock in the Coromandel Range - 525 metres (1,722 ft)
  • Moumoukai - 516 m (1,693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
  • Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitakere Ranges) - 474 m (1,555 ft)
  • Saddle Hill (Dunedin) - 473 m (1,552 ft)
  • Colonial Knob (Tawa, Wellington) - 468 m (1,550 ft)
  • Kakepuku (Waikato, North Island) - 449 m (1,473 ft)
  • Mount Kaukau (Wellington) - 445 m (1,460 ft)
  • Mount Charles - 408 m (1,337 ft) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
  • Mount Manaia (Whangarei) - 403 m (1322 ft)
  • Te Mata Peak - 399 m (1,309 ft) Hawkes Bay region
  • 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)
  • Te Ahumairangi - 301 m (988 ft)
  • Brooklyn Hill (Wellington) - 299 m (981 ft)
  • Mangere - 286 m (938 ft) (highest point in the Chatham Islands, on Mangere Island)
  • Bluff Hill/Motupohue ("The Bluff", Bluff, Southland) - 265 m (870 ft)
  • Rangitoto Island - 260 m (853 ft)
  • Mauao (Mount Maunganui) - 230 m (755 ft)
  • Mount Victoria, Wellington - 196 m (643 ft)
  • Mount Eden (Auckland) - 196 m (643 ft)
  • One Tree Hill (Auckland) - 182 m (597 ft)
  • Paritutu (New Plymouth) - 156 m (512 ft)
  • Mount Wellington (Auckland) - 137 m (449 ft)
  • Mount Albert (Auckland) - 135 m (443 ft)
  • Mount Roskill (Auckland) - 110 m (361 ft)
  • Mangere Mountain - 107 m (351 ft)
  • Bluff Hill (Napier) - 101 m (331 ft)
  • References

    List of mountains of New Zealand by height Wikipedia