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Mountain · New Zealand

Mount Dechen

Elevation
2,449 m
#6,665
in the world
#41
in New Zealand

Mount Dechen is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 2,449 m, the 41st highest we list in New Zealand.

Nearest town
137 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Dechen

Mount Dechen lies in New Zealand, in West Coast.

Key facts

Elevation
2,449 m (8,035 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
West Coast
Coordinates
-43.800, 169.750

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#41of 133
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,665of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mount Ward2,496 m10 km
Mount Hopkins2,682 m16 km
Mount Hopkins2,678 m17 km
Mount Burns2,177 m20 km
Mount Glenmary1,943 m22 km
Mount Thomson1,718 m23 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Dechen.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
TimaruNew Zealand29,300137 km
AshburtonNew Zealand21,600159 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,100213 km
ChristchurchNew Zealand419,200234 km
RangioraNew Zealand19,300235 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.