Mount Hector (New Zealand)

Mount Hector
Mt Hector in the winter
Highest point
Elevation 1,529 m (5,016 ft)
Geography
Location North Island, New Zealand
Parent range Tararua Range

Mount Hector 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]

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.

Coordinates: 40°57′S 175°17′E / 40.950°S 175.283°E / -40.950; 175.283


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