Mount Hector (New Zealand)

Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)
Mt Hector in the winter
Highest point
Elevation1,529 m (5,016 ft)
Coordinates40°57′S 175°17′E / 40.950°S 175.283°E / -40.950; 175.283
Geography
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is located in North Island
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is located in New Zealand
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) (New Zealand)
Parent rangeTararua Range

Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range,[1] situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a height of 1,529 metres (5,016 ft).

The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.[2]

Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.[3]

Its Māori name is Pukemoumou, or ‘hill of desolation’.

References

  1. ^ Maclean, Chris (7 March 2011). "Wellington places - Tararua Range". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  2. ^ The Rutherford Journal: Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists Retrieved on 15 October 2009
  3. ^ "Mt Hector war memorial". New Zealand history online. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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