Cecil Peak
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Cecil Peak
Kā Kamu-a-Hakitekura
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.jpg) Cecil Peak as viewed from Queenstown 's Fernhill district |
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| height | 1978 m | |
| location | Queenstown-Lakes District , Otago Region , South Island , New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 6 '32 " S , 168 ° 37' 43" O | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
 Mountain range of Cecil Peak in winter |
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The Cecil Peak is a 1,978 m high mountain in the Queenstown-Lakes District of the Region Otago on the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The summit got its name from the surveyor James McKerrow , who explored the area in the 1860s and determined the height of the entire mountain range. The Māori, on the other hand, did not have a name for just one peak, but called the entire mountain range Kā Kamu-a-Hakitekura .
geography
The mountain is located approximately 8 km south of Queenstown . The mountain range, which includes numerous peaks over 1,600 m high and Cecil Peak being the highest of them, is enclosed by Lake Wakatipu from northwest clockwise to east and extends in a slightly curved shape over a length of 19 km in southwest direction.
The mountain range can only be reached via Lake Wakatipu . There is no road connection there.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Hector : Reports of Geological Explorations during 1879-80 with Maps and Sections. . New Zealand Government Printer , 1881, ISSN 1173-6011 , p. 120 f . (English, online [PDF; 7.3 MB ; accessed on June 9, 2019]).
- ^ Ngāi Tahu Names . In: Te Karaka . Edition: Spring 2009 , No. 44 , 2009, ISSN 1173-6011 (English, online [PDF; 6.4 MB ; accessed on June 9, 2019]).
- ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Malcolm McKinnon : Otago places - Wakatipu basin . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 29, 2015, accessed June 9, 2019 .