Mount Luxmore

Mount Luxmore

Mount Luxmore showing a covering of beech forest
Highest point
Elevation 1,472 m (4,829 ft)
Coordinates 45°23′10″S 167°35′26″E / 45.38617429°S 167.5904642°E / -45.38617429; 167.5904642Coordinates: 45°23′10″S 167°35′26″E / 45.38617429°S 167.5904642°E / -45.38617429; 167.5904642
Geography
Mount Luxmore

South Island, New Zealand

Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand and visible from the nearby town of Te Anau. The mountain is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high.[1] It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).[2]

The mountain was named by James McKerrow after Philip Bouverie Luxmoore[3] of Timaru.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Harriss, Gavin. "NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mount Luxmore (Kepler Track)". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Deaths". The Timaru Herald. XXXVII (2460). 10 August 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling, ed. Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 223. ISBN 9780143204107.

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