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Mountain · New Zealand

Mount Taylor

Elevation
2,063 m
#8,712
in the world
#63
in New Zealand

Mount Taylor is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 2,063 m, the 63rd highest we list in New Zealand.

Nearest town
55 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Taylor

Mount Taylor lies in New Zealand, in Canterbury.

Key facts

Elevation
2,063 m (6,768 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
Canterbury
Coordinates
-43.500, 171.317

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#63of 133
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#8,712of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mount Hutt2,190 m18 km
Mount Harper1,439 m28 km
Mount Arrowsmith2,781 m32 km
Mount Lyndon1,489 m37 km
Mount Peel1,583 m41 km
Mount Whitcombe2,650 m45 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Taylor.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
AshburtonNew Zealand21,60055 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,10087 km
TimaruNew Zealand29,300100 km
RangioraNew Zealand19,300105 km
ChristchurchNew Zealand419,200106 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.