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Mountain · New Zealand

Mount Balloon

Elevation
1,847 m
#9,758
in the world
#88
in New Zealand
260 m
prominence

Mount Balloon is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 1,847 m, the 88th highest we list in New Zealand.

Isolation
1.9 km
To the nearest higher ground
Nearest town
184 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Balloon

Mount Balloon lies in New Zealand, in Southland.

Key facts

Elevation
1,847 m (6,060 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
260 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Southland
Coordinates
-44.799, 167.788

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#88of 133
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#9,758of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mount Elliot1,990 m2.2 km
Mount Belle1,752 m14 km
Mitre Peak1,695 m19 km
Mount Christina2,474 m21 km
Mount Pembroke2,014 m27 km
Mount Eglinton1,585 m28 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Balloon.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
InvercargillNew Zealand58,000184 km
DunedinNew Zealand132,800244 km
TimaruNew Zealand29,300278 km
AshburtonNew Zealand21,600330 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,100391 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.