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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 we list in New Zealand, part of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.

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

Where it is

Mount Hamilton

Mount Hamilton lies in New Zealand, in Canterbury.

Key facts

Elevation
2,798 m (9,180 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
340 m
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 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
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.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
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.