Mount Franklin (Tasman)

Mount Franklin
Map
Highest point
Elevation2,340 m (7,680 ft)[1]
Coordinates42°3′5″S 172°41′15″E / 42.05139°S 172.68750°E / -42.05139; 172.68750
Geography
LocationTasman District, New Zealand

Mount Franklin is a peak in the Nelson Lakes National Park in the Tasman Region of New Zealand. It is the northernmost – and highest – of New Zealand's four Mounts Franklin, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Lake Rotoroa. It is the highest peak in the Tasman Region, just two metres higher than the nearby Mount Travers.

Mount Franklin is part of the Franklin Ridge, the northern extremity of the St James Range. The ridge separates the valleys of the east and west branches of the Sabine River.[1]

The mountain was named by Sir Julius von Haast while he was provincial geologist of Canterbury. It is named in honour of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, the British Arctic Explorer and former Governor of Tasmania.[2][3]

Notes

Some sources give the elevation as 2,327 metres (7,635 ft)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map Series sheet BS24 – Mount Robert
  2. ^ a b Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979
  3. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 130. ISBN 9780143204107.


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