Miter Peak (New Zealand)
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| height | 1692 m is in various. Sources with 1,683 m given | |
| location | Milford Sound | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| First ascent | March 13, 1911 | |
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The Miter Peak is one with a height of 1,692 m with the highest hills around Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The Miter Peak is located on the southwest side of Milford Sound, 7 km north-west of the town Milford Sound and the pier for the excursion boats. It is about halfway along the Sound, just under 2 km from the bank. The Sindbad Gully valley , which lies between 350 m and above sea level, is located on its southwestern flank . Well-known photos of the mountain were taken from its south-eastern side.
Origin of name
The Miter Peak , which the Māori Rahotu is called, was named by British Captain John Lort Stokes , of the mountain on his expedition along the New Zealand coast on the HMS Acheron discovered in 1851 and it because of his appearance his name in line to the miter , the Christian bishop's hat.
history
The first attempts to climb the mountain were made by the artist Samuel Horatio Moreton (≈1843–1923) from Invercargill together with the pioneer and hermit from Milford Sound , Donald Sutherland in 1883. The ascent failed due to adverse weather conditions.
The first ascent succeeded 28 years later the New Zealander James Robert Dennistoun , who together with his compatriot Joe Beaglehole (1875–1962) attempted on March 13, 1911. After Beaglehole abandoned the ascent on a steep section, Dennistoun climbed the rest of the way to the summit alone. Three years later climbed Jack Murrell and Edgar Williams to Miter Peak and confirmed the fact that an ascent is possible.
Motivation
The Miter Peak was in 1895 six times motif on a stamp of New Zealand Post , most recently on 2 October 1995 on a 40 cent stamp. The mountain has also been captured in paintings several times. One example is the work of the British painter John Barr Clark Hoyte (1835–1913), who portrayed the mountain in the 1870s.
literature
- Bryce Leslie Wood : Miter Peak . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed December 18, 2015]).
Web links
- Danilo Hegg : Miter Peak / Rahotu (1683m) . Tramping and Climbing in Aotearoa , April 25, 2010, accessed December 19, 2015 .
- Climbing New Zealand's Iconic Miter Peak (Photo Essay) . Backpackingmatt, March 9, 2012,accessed on December 19, 2015(English, private blog with an experience report of an ascent including photos).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Danilo Hegg : Miter Peak / Rahotu (1683m) . Tramping and Climbing in Aotearoa , April 25, 2010, accessed December 19, 2015 .
- ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed December 12, 2018 .
- ↑ a b The 'magnificent' Miter Peak . The Press , October 27, 2014, accessed December 19, 2015 .
- ↑ 40c Definitive Miter Peak . New Zealand Post , October 27, 2014; archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on December 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Miter Peak . In: New Zealand History . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , October 27, 2014, accessed December 19, 2015 (English, illustration of the work of John Barr Clark Hoyte ).