Kaimanawa Mountains
| Kaimanawa Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Makorako ( 1727 m ) | |
| location | North Island ( New Zealand ) | |
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 13 ′ S , 175 ° 55 ′ E | |
The Kaimanawa Mountains are centrally located on the North Island of New Zealand . They border in the north on the western parts of the Kaweka Range and extend from the southern end of Lake Taupo about 50 km to the Ruahine Range in the south.
Shielded from the rain by the three volcanoes Mount Ruapehu , Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro , the northern area is so poor in rainfall that the New Zealand State Highway 1 in this area is called "Desert Road" and the area Rangipo Desert .
The areas of the Kaimanawa Range further south are less inhospitable; large parts of the landscape are privately owned, which is rather untypical for New Zealand mountain landscapes.
Web links
- Kaimanawa Forest Park . Department of Conservation (DOC), archived from the original onAugust 11, 2010; accessed on August 24, 2014(English, original website no longer available).