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Mountains

Terms in relation to large elevation of the Earth's surface.

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Malte Brun

Natural environment; Mountains

Malte Brun is the highest peak in the Malte Brun Range, which lies between the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers within New Zealand's Southern Alps.

Mount Murchison

Natural environment; Mountains

Mount Murchison is a mountain in the Southern Alps in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It is the highest point of the Shaler Range, which runs approximately north-south to the east of the ...

Mount Ollivier

Natural environment; Mountains

Mount Ollivier is a 1,933 m (6,342 ft) mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It is a peak in the Sealy Range, about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Cook Village. The peak is named after ...

Mount Pleasant

Natural environment; Mountains

Mount Pleasant is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. It once held a Māori pā, but there was little left of it when European settlers first arrived in the ...

Port Hills

Natural environment; Mountains

The Port Hills are a range of hills in Canterbury, New Zealand, so named because they lie between the city of Christchurch and its port at Lyttelton.

Mount Rolleston

Natural environment; Mountains

Mount Rolleston (2,271 m) is a prominent peak in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named by the surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson in 1864, who observed the peak while ...

Spenser Mountains

Natural environment; Mountains

The Spenser Mountains is a topographic landform in northern South Island, New Zealand. Within the range prominent peaks include Mount Una and Mount Humboldt. Much of the forest cover is ...

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