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Mount Hamilton

Elevation
2,798 m
#4,940
in the world
#19
in New Zealand
340 m
prominence

Mount Hamilton is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 2,798 m, the 19th highest in New Zealand, part of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.

Elevation
2,798 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
340 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
2.1 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#4,940
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Mount Hamilton

Mount Hamilton lies in New Zealand, in Canterbury.

Key facts

Elevation
2,798 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
340 m
Isolation
2.1 km
Type
Mountain
Region
Canterbury
Coordinates
-43.550, 170.333

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#19of 133
LargestSmallest
In the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
#17of 38
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,940of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Malte Brun3,198 m2.8 km
Mount Nathan2,731 m5.5 km
Mount Green2,543 m6.2 km
Mount De la Bêche2,785 m6.5 km
Elie de Beaumont1,699 m7.6 km
Mount Hutton2,707 m7.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Hamilton.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
AshburtonNew Zealand21,600119 km
TimaruNew Zealand29,300120 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,100165 km
RangioraNew Zealand19,300184 km
ChristchurchNew Zealand419,200186 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.