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Mount Whitcombe

Elevation
2,650 m
#5,616
in the world
#30
in New Zealand

Mount Whitcombe is a mountain in New Zealand, rising to 2,650 m, the 30th highest we list in New Zealand, part of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.

Nearest town
100 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Whitcombe

Mount Whitcombe lies in New Zealand, in Canterbury.

Key facts

Elevation
2,650 m (8,694 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Canterbury
Coordinates
-43.217, 170.917

How it ranks

Among peaks in New Zealand
#30of 133
LargestSmallest
In the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
#22of 38
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#5,616of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Malcolm Peak2,351 m12 km
Mount Arrowsmith2,781 m16 km
Mount Tregear1,927 m23 km
Mount Adams2,208 m32 km
Mount Adams2,023 m33 km
Mount D'Archiac2,754 m39 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Whitcombe.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
AshburtonNew Zealand21,600100 km
RollestonNew Zealand34,100126 km
TimaruNew Zealand29,300134 km
RangioraNew Zealand19,300136 km
ChristchurchNew Zealand419,200143 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.