Mount Tararua

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Mount Tararua
height 2550  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Tararua (Antarctica)
Mount Tararua

Mount Tararua is a striking and 2550  m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the southwestern part of the Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains .

The southern group of the New Zealand Federal Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) climbed the mountain on January 3, 1963 and made the naming. It is named after the Mountaineering Association Tararua Tramping Club of New Zealand's capital Wellington , which belonged to the members of the Southern Group.

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