The Pinnacles (New Zealand)

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The Pinnacles
The Pinnacles is the mountain with the four larger peaks on the left

The Pinnacles is the mountain with the four larger peaks on the left

height 759  m
location Coromandel Peninsula , New Zealand
Mountains Coromandel Range
Coordinates 37 ° 2 '55 "  S , 175 ° 43' 0"  E Coordinates: 37 ° 2 '55 "  S , 175 ° 43' 0"  E
The Pinnacles (New Zealand) (New Zealand)
The Pinnacles (New Zealand)
Normal way across the Kauaeranga Valley from the town of Thames .
particularities The mountain has several mountain peaks, so that it has been translated as "The rock needles".

The Pinnacles is a 759  m high mountain in the Coromandel Range of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand .

geography

The mountain is part of a mountain range that extends over the Coromandel Peninsula in a north-south direction, the Coromandel Range and is located around 19 km northeast of Thames . With its height of 759  m, it lies in the middle of the surrounding mountain peaks, which are up to 852  m high.

Mountain hike

There are two ways to reach the Pinnacles . The most common is the hiking trail across the Kauaeranga Valley from the town of Thames . The Kauaeranga Visitor Center of the Department of Conservation , which provides all hikers with the necessary information , is located on the gravel road to the starting point of the three to four-hour hiking trail . Another access is from the north of Coroglen . The path is longer and not so easy to reach for tourists.

literature

  • Department of Conservation (Ed.): Kauaeranga Valley & Broken Hills Recreation . Thames August 2015 (English, online PDF 8.0 MB [accessed January 31, 2017]).

Individual evidence

  1. Topo250 maps - Auckland - Hamilton - Coromandel . Land Information New Zealand , accessed January 31, 2017 .