Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa

"Mount Watkins" redirects here. For the mountain in Yosemite, see Mount Watkins (Yosemite).

Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa is a 616-metre peak located north-west of Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand. It is on the east side of the North Branch of the Waikouaiti River.[1]

The peak was originally named Hikaroroa, and was renamed after a pioneer Methodist missionary, Reverend James Watkin in the 1840s.[2] The name was changed to "Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa" by the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 526.
  2. ↑ Pybus, T. A. (1954). Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Schedule 96: Alteration of place names". Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97. New Zealand Government. 1998.

Coordinates: 45°34′S 170°35′E / 45.567°S 170.583°E / -45.567; 170.583


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