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Mountain · New Zealand · Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana

Mount Murchison

Elevation
2,408 m
#6,888
in the world
#43
in New Zealand
1,169 m
prominence

Mount Murchison is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 2,408 m, the 43rd highest in New Zealand, part of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.

Elevation
2,408 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,169 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#6,888
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Mount Murchison

Mount Murchison lies in New Zealand, in Canterbury.

Key facts

Elevation
2,408 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,169 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Canterbury
Coordinates
-43.017, 171.367

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#43of 133
LargestSmallest
In the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
#25of 38
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,888of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Mount Harper1,963 m4.5 km
Mount Gizeh2,089 m5.7 km
Mount Davie1,982 m6.2 km
Mount Stewart1,836 m11 km
Avalanche Peak1,833 m16 km
Mount Tregear1,927 m20 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Murchison.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
AshburtonNew Zealand21,600102 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,100104 km
RangioraNew Zealand19,300104 km
ChristchurchNew Zealand419,200118 km
TimaruNew Zealand29,300154 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.