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Listing
  
Ultra New Zealand #12

Prominence
  
2,022 m

Parent range
  
Kaikoura Ranges

Elevation
  
2,885 m

Mountain range
  
Kaikoura Ranges

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Location
  
South Island, New Zealand

Similar
  
Manakau, Mount Lendenfeld, Nuns Veil, Malte Brun, Mount Arthur

The summit of mount tapuaenuku 2885m in nz marlborough area


Tapuae-o-Uenuku, formerly Mount Tapuaenuku, is the highest peak in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name translates from Māori as "footprint of the rainbow", though is usually regarded as being named after Chief Tapuaenuku.

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Map of Mount Tapuaenuku, Clarence 7371, New Zealand

At 2,885 metres (9,465 ft) it is the highest mountain in New Zealand outside the main ranges of the Southern Alps, and over 80 metres taller than the tallest peak on the North Island.

It dominates the Inland Kaikoura Range, rising high above the valleys of the Clarence and Awatere Rivers. It can be seen from as far away as the Kapiti Coast on the North Island, nearly 165 kilometres away, and is a prominent point on the horizon for travellers on the interisland ferries that ply Cook Strait.

The first European to sight the mountain was James Cook, who called it Mount Odin, but later nicknamed it "The Watcher" since his ship seemed to be visible from it at so many points along the coast. The first Europeans to attempt to climb the mountain were Edward John Eyre, Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster, and William John Warburton Hamilton, in 1849. They came within a short distance of the summit but were forced to turn back.

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References

Mount Tapuaenuku Wikipedia


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