Harper Range
| Harper Range | ||
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 View in southwest direction of the mountain range |
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| Highest peak | Mount Harper ( 1829 m ) | |
| location | Canterbury , South Island , New Zealand ; Ashburton District | |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 39 ′ S , 171 ° 2 ′ E | |
| Type | Fold Mountains | |
| surface | 85 km² | |
The Harper Range is a mountain range in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The Harper Range is located approximately eight miles south-southeast of the confluence of the Havelock and Clyde Rivers to form the Rangitata River , which flows west to south past the Harper Range . To the west of the mountain range on the opposite side of the Rangitata River border the Sinclair Range and the Brabazon Range , in the southwest the Ben McLeod Range , in the south the Tara Haoa Range and in the east the Moorhouse Range . To the northeast of the Harper Range , the partly swampy plain of the lakes Lake Clearwater , Lake Camp , Lake Emma and Lake Roundabout extends and in the north the Potts River separates the Harper Range from the Potts Range .
The mountain range, which is around 22 km long and runs in a north-west-south-east direction, has its highest point at 1829 m high Mount Harper .
Administratively, the Harper Range belongs to the Ashburton District .
literature
- New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on February 3, 2020
- ↑ Harper Range, Canterbury . In: NZ Topo Map . Gavin Harriss , accessed February 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Postcode maps . New Zealand Post , accessed February 3, 2020 .