List of mountains of New Zealand by height

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand[1] ordered by height. Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand site.

Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country.

Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.

Named summits over 2,900 m

All summits over 2,900 m are within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island, and all but one (Mount Aspiring) are within a 10-mile radius of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.

Rank Summit Height Prominence [2] Isolation Nearest higher peak
m ft m ft km miles
1 Aoraki / Mount Cook [3] 3,724 12,218 3,724 12,218 3,140 1,950 Mount Minto, Admiralty Mountains
2 Aoraki: Middle Peak 3,717 12,195 40 130 0.8 0.5 High Peak
3 Aoraki: Low Peak 3,593 11,788 47 154 0.5 0.3 Middle Peak
4 Mount Tasman 3,497 11,473 519 1,703 3.2 2.0 Aoraki
5 Mount Dampier 3,440 11,286 92 302 0.3 0.2 Aoraki
6 Mount Vancouver 3,309 10,856 20 60 0.3 0.2 Mount Dampier
7 Silberhorn 3,300 10,827 35 115 0.3 0.2 Mount Tasman
8 Malte Brun 3,198 10,492 780 2,559 11.3 7.0 Mount Tasman
9 Mount Hicks 3,198 10,492 70 230 0.5 0.3 Mount Dampier
10 Lendenfeld Peak 3,194 10,479 101 331 0.5 0.3 Mount Tasman
11 Mount Graham 3,184 10,446 14 46 0.3 0.2 Silberhorn
12 Torres Peak 3,160 10,367 110 360 0.5 0.3 Mount Tasman
13 Mount Sefton 3,151 10,338 1063 3,488 11.9 6.8 Aoraki
14 Mount Teichelmann 3,144 10,315 15 50 0.1 0.1 Mount Graham
15 Mount Haast 3,114 10,217 127 417 0.5 0.3 Lendenfeld Peak
16 Mount Elie de Beaumont 3,109 10,200 648 2,126 8.8 5.5 Mount Haast
17 La Perouse 3,078 10,098 496 1,627 3.2 2.0 Aoraki
18 Douglas Peak 3,077 10,095 318 1,043 2.7 1.6 Mount Haast
19 Mount Haidinger 3,070 10,072 160 525 1.1 0.7 Douglas Peak
20 Magellan 3,049 10,003 20 60 0.2 0.1 Mount Teichelmann
21 Malaspina 3,042 9,980 10 35 0.1 0.1 Mount Vancouver
22 Minarets 3,040 9,974 560 1,835 5.2 3.2 Elie de Beaumon
23 Mount Aspiring / Tititea 3,033 9,951 2471 8,107 130.6 81.1 Mount Sefton
24 Mount Hamilton 3,025 9,925 340 1,115 1.6 1.0 Malte Brun
25 Mount Dixon 3,004 9,856 60 200 0.3 0.2 Mount Haast
26 Glacier Peak 3,002 9,849 75 250 0.6 0.4 Douglas Peak
27 Mount Chudleigh 2,966 9,731 483 1,585 3.2 2.0 Malte Brun
28 Haeckel Peak 2,965 9,728 255 840 1.9 1.2 Mount Hamilton
29 Drake 2,960 9,711 110 360 0.2 0.1 Magellan
30 Mount Darwin 2,952 9,685 225 740 1.5 0.9 Haeckel Peak
31 Aiguilles Rouges 2,950 9,678 240 790 1.5 0.9 Mount Chudleigh
32 De La Beche 2,950 9,678 40 130 0.3 0.2 Minarets
33 Mount Annan 2,934 9,626 85 280 0.7 0.4 Mount Darwin
34 Mount Low 2,932 9,619 87 285 0.4 0.2 La Perouse
35 Nazomi 2,925 9,596 106 348 0.6 0.4 Aoraki (Low Peak)
36 Mount Gold Smith 2,909 9,544 40 130 0.3 0.2 Minarets
37 Mount Walters 2,905 9,531 115 380 0.4 0.3 Elie de Beaumon

The 100 highest mountains

These are all the mountains over 2,400 m with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least 300 m (985 ft), closely matching those on the list of mountains of New Zealand by the New Zealand Alpine Club. Five peaks overlooked on that list are indicated with an asterisk. Of these 100 mountains, all but two — Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak) (19th highest) and Mount Taranaki / Egmont (65th highest) — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikoura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps.

Rank Mountain Height (m) Drop (m) Isol. (km) Coordinates First ascent First ascent party [4]
1 Aoraki / Mount Cook 3724 3724 3,140 43°35′42″S 170°08′32″E 25 Dec 1894 Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, George Graham
2 Mount Tasman 3497 519 3.2 43°33′57″S 170°09′26″E 5 Feb 1895 Jack Clarke, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
3 Malte Brun 3199 780 11.3 43°33′44″S 170°18′18″E 7 Mar 1894 Tom Fyfe
4 Mount Sefton 3151 1063 10.9 43°40′57″S 170°02′32″E 14 Feb 1895 Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
5 Mount Elie de Beaumont 3109 648 8.8 43°28′54″S 170°19′41″E 15 Feb 1906 Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem
6 La Perouse 3078 496 3.2 43°36′05″S 170°05′32″E 1 Feb 1906 Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
7 Douglas Peak 3077 318 2.7 43°32′30″S 170°12′09″E 28 Jan 1907 Peter Graham, Henry Newton, Ebenezer Teichelmann
8 Minarets 3040 560 5.2 43°30′35″S 170°16′28″E 9 Feb 1897 Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross
9 Mount Aspiring / Tititea 3033 2471 130.6 44°23′03″S 168°43′41″E 23 Nov 1909 Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
10 Mount Hamilton 3025 340 1.6 43°33′16″S 170°19′46″E 1 Dec 1909 Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
11 Mount Chudleigh 2966 483 3.2 43°35′14″S 170°16′43″E Jan 1911 Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy
12 Tapuae-o-Uenuku [5][6] 2885 2022 318.7 41°59′45″S 173°39′46″E Apr 1864 Nehemiah McRae and two others
13 Mount Alarm [6] 2877 315 2.6 42°00′34″S 173°38′15″E 1928 T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley
14 Mount D'Archiac 2875 1153 20.0 43°27′54″S 170°34′54″E 12 Mar 1910 Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, Jack Clarke
15 Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi 2830 1359 36.3 44°37′20″S 168°24′38″E 16 Mar 1890 Harry Birley
16 Hochstetter Dome 2827 392 2.1 43°30′09″S 170°20′57″E 27 Mar 1883 Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew
17 Mount Hutton 2822 662 7.3 43°36′16″S 170°23′29″E 17 Jan 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
18 Mount Sibbald 2811 717 9.8 43°33′06″S 170°33′17″E 8 Jan 1917 Edgar Williams and William Kennedy
19 Ruapehu (Tahurangi Peak) [7] 2797 2797 341.9 39°17′22″S 175°33′46″E Feb 1879 George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell
20 Mount Arrowsmith 2781 911 34.2 43°21′25″S 170°58′42″E 4 Feb 1912 Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
21 The Nun's Veil 2749 559 11.3 43°41′36″S 170°14′51″E 4 Dec 1905 Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay,
22 Mount Burns 2746 376 7.3 43°44′43″S 169°59′05″E 1909 B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, J. Clarke
23 Mount Tutoko 2723 2191 30.4 44°35′40″S 168°00′45″E 4 Mar 1924 Samuel Turner and Peter Graham
24 Jagged Peak 2706 315 3.4 43°20′00″S 171°00′37″E Dec 1931 Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett
25 Mount Hopkins 2678 507 5.1 43°47′27″S 169°57′48″E 11 Mar 1914 Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne
26 Mount Mannering [8] 2669 446 4.6 43°29′12″S 170°24′40″E 7 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
26 Brodrick Peak [8] 2669 446 2.8 43°29′54″S 170°23′39″E Jan 1917 Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp
28 Mount Whitcombe 2650 921 15.2 43°12′58″S 170°54′46″E 28 Dec 1931 Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams
29 Mount Ward 2645 624 12.3 43°51′59″S 169°50′03″E Jan 1934 Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams
30 Rob Roy Peak 2644 458 6.9 44°27′05″S 168°43′21″E 2 Mar 1935 Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton,
George Palmer, Don Divers, Russell & George Edwards, Gordon Edward
31 Mount Dechen 2643 1198 10.0 43°47′49″S 169°45′20″E Mar 1935 Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie
32 Mount Hooker 2640 1201 7.6 43°49′51″S 169°40′27″E Dec 1928 Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner
33 Mount Moffat 2638 500 4.5 43°27′41″S 170°27′20″E Jan 1933 A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser,
34 Red Peak * 2637 307 2.6 43°18′51″S 170°59′22″E Jan 1933 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson
35 The Abbot 2630 320 4.3 43°39′57″S 170°17′35″E
36 Mount Sealy 2627 635 4.7 43°45′53″S 170°02′44″E 24 Jan 1895 Jack Clarke, C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
37 Mitre Peak 2621 399 1.7 42°00′17″S 173°36′34″E Jan 1895 Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore
38 Mount Edward 2620 1145 11.1 44°27′59″S 168°35′05″E 1914 Bernard Head, Jack Clarke and Colin Ferrier
39 Mount Evans 2620 522 3.5 43°11′08″S 170°55′33″E 1 Jan 1934 John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson
40 Mount Lucia * 2617 345 4.8 43°38′44″S 170°21′17″E Jan 1953 C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend
41 Sir William Peak 2610 535 3.1 44°35′32″S 168°24′16″E Dec 1930 Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling
42 Manakau 2608 1798 23.8 42°13′30″S 173°37′03″E 1874 James Ingram
43 Mount Avalanche 2606 380 3.3 44°25′19″S 168°44′28″E Jan 1935 Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim
44 Dilemma Peak 2602 410 1.9 43°37′31″S 170°05′21″E 27 Mar 1914 Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain
45 Mount Conrad 2598 344 2.6 43°33′40″S 170°25′09″E 9 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
46 Mount Glenmary 2590 585 12.7 43°58′35″S 169°52′41″E Nov 1934 Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson
47 Te ao Whekere 2590 532 7.7 42°11′08″S 173°41′40″E
48 Mount Loughnan 2590 360 3.4 43°26′03″S 170°28′32″E 29 Dec 1935 J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton
49 Mount Head 2585 480 4.4 44°33′23″S 168°25′47″E Mar 1914 Hugh Francis Wright
50 Mount Forbes 2583 350 3.1 43°29′43″S 170°35′16″E Feb 1912 Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
51 The Warrior 2580 695 10.6 43°20′43″S 170°50′39″E Dec 1932 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren, E C A Ferrier
52 O'Leary Peak 2570 306 0.8 44°36′45″S 168°24′36″E 1890 Harry Birley
53 Mount Acland 2562 383 4.3 43°31′06″S 170°26′38″E 10 Mar 1914 Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
54 Mount Strachan 2561 410 3.5 43°46′39″S 169°47′29″E Jan 1935 Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack
55 Mount Wolseley 2558 305 3.9 43°25′46″S 170°31′23″E Dec 1920 Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe
56 Mauka Atua 2557 540 10.8 43°52′43″S 170°01′28″E 1948 Norman Hardie
57 Mount William Grant 2556 472 4.1 43°42′16″S 170°19′17″E
58 The South Thumb 2546 730 14.2 43°35′35″S 170°43′37″E Feb 1922 Harold (Ned) Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers
59 Newton Peak 2543 644 10.7 43°18′59″S 170°43′01″E 25 Dec 1933 LK Wilson, HW Cormack
60 Mount Williams 2538 370 5.2 43°50′10″S 169°53′16″E Dec 1934 Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson
61 Mount Pollux 2536 1127 19.9 44°13′56″S 168°52′25″E Jan 1934 E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton
62 Mount Madeline 2536 543 2.8 44°36′51″S 168°02′45″E 1920 Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner
63 Mount Maori 2535 309 3.0 44°26′10″S 168°36′38″E 5 Mar 1935 Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles
64 Centaur Peaks E 2525 1001 12.7 44°38′07″S 168°34′30″E Feb 1914 Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson
65 Mount Taranaki / Egmont 2518 2308 128.5 39°17′46″S 174°03′50″E 23 Dec 1839 Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly
66 Mount Castor 2518 303 1.5 44°13′16″S 168°53′02″E Mar 1937 C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters
67 Mount Lydia 2517 527 6.0 44°27′56″S 168°30′22″E
68 Mount Brewster 2516 938 35.7 44°03′56″S 169°27′00″E Jan 1929 C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner
69 Malcolm Peak 2512 521 5.3 43°17′59″S 170°49′01″E 8 Mar 1911 Ebenezer Teichelmann, Peter Graham, Jack Clarke
70 Mount Tewha / Headlong Peak 2510 714 8.1 44°32′25″S 168°35′51″E 8 Jan 1958 Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child
71 Alma 2510 371 1.6 43°33′18″S 170°43′38″E Dec 1923 Harold (Ned) Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker
72 Mount Huxley 2505 870 18.3 44°04′15″S 169°40′43″E Oct 1939 Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis
73 Mount Ian 2502 414 3.1 44°29′07″S 168°28′36″E 9 Mar 1933 Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards
74 Dun Fiunary 2500 395 4.1 43°56′43″S 170°01′16″E Apr 1939 Rex Booth, Reg Winn
75 Mount Glencairn 2499 430 1.6 43°57′32″S 169°52′39″E Apr 1936 Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson
76 Mount Tyndall 2496 310 3.6 44°31′48″S 168°38′25″E 21 Feb 1936 Frank Wright and J R Simpson
77 McClure Peak 2486 420 3.9 43°25′54″S 170°36′56″E Feb 1925 William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe
78 Blair Peak 2486 410 3.6 43°16′55″S 170°51′19″E Dec 1932 H W (Sandy) Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney (Archie) Wiren
79 Lauper Peak 2485 434 2.9 43°13′37″S 170°56′52″E Jan 1914 Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch
80 Mount Ferguson 2480 415 3.1 44°39′37″S 168°33′07″E
81 Mount Christina 2474 1076 42.5 44°47′35″S 168°02′54″E Jan 1925 G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater
82 Mount Percy Smith 2465 390 1.4 43°49′24″S 169°53′35″E Mar 1936 Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith
83 Hells Gates 2459 555 5.4 43°44′50″S 170°21′27″E
84 Mount Barth 2456 530 11.5 44°09′35″S 169°36′12″E Jan 1936 Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave
85 Fettes Peak 2451 921 6.6 43°45′03″S 169°52′12″E Jan 1935 Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
86 Pt 2447 2447 440 4.7 43°45′37″S 170°18′08″E
87 Climax Peak 2446 697 9.3 44°27′24″S 168°21′55″E
88 Mount Kensington 2444 634 6.6 43°17′29″S 170°38′20″E 28 Dec 1935 John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney
89 Pt 2444 2444 440 2.8 43°42′04″S 170°21′28″E
90 Mount Jackson 2434 493 4.2 43°53′33″S 169°47′36″E Dec 1934 Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
91 Kaimakamaka 2431 370 4.2 43°58′36″S 170°03′05″E
92 Mount Radove 2430 528 6.3 43°41′51″S 170°26′10″E
93 Mount Lambert 2430 328 2.8 43°17′28″S 170°44′37″E 30 Dec 1933 LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes
94 Pt 2428 * 2428 325 3.9 43°50′09″S 170°02′01″E
95 Mount Farrar 2424 300 2.5 43°18′38″S 170°39′24″E 27 Dec 1935 N Barker, GDT Hall
96 The Marquee * 2421 417 1.9 43°20′39″S 171°02′41″E Mar 1932 W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham
97 Tarahaka 2414 365 2.7 42°09′25″S 173°42′58″E
98 Soloist Peak 2414 325 3.0 44°02′23″S 169°42′02″E
99 Mount Allan Dick (Pt 2413) 2413 353 6.6 44°43′13″S 168°33′12″E Dec 1953 J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams
100 Mount Blackburn 2409 459 7.0 43°45′22″S 170°12′06″E 1903 Jack Clarke, C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant
101 Mount Murchison 2408 1169 41.4 43°00′14″S 171°22′37″E Mar 1913 Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot
102 Mount Symons 2408 405 3.6 42°02′00″S 173°34′11″E
103 Mount Chevalier * 2404 494 5.1 43°34′09″S 170°39′05″E Dec 1941 Bob Clark-Hall, J L (Pat) Clark-Hall
104 Cloudy Peak 2403 520 12.8 43°27′39″S 170°46′47″E Dec 1931 Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin
105 Trireme Peak NW 2403 385 5.1 43°21′54″S 170°42′27″E Dec 1935 Neville Barker, Duncan Hall

Other notable mountains and hills
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Over 2000 metres
  • Te Heuheu – 2,732 m (8,963 ft)- highest peak in the north of the crater rim of Mount Ruapehu
  • Mount Strauchon – 2,391 m (7,844 ft)
  • Mount Bonpland – 2,343 m (7,687 ft)
  • Turner Peak – 2,341 m (7,680 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Tasman) – 2,340 m (7,677 ft)
  • Mount Travers – 2,338 m (7,671 ft)
  • Mount Taylor – 2,333 m (7,654 ft)[9]
  • Double Cone – 2,319 m (7,608 ft)[9]
  • Mount Tūwhakarōria – 2,307 m (7,569 ft)
  • Somnus – 2,293 m (7,523 ft)
  • Mount Ngauruhoe – 2,287 m (7,503 ft)
  • Mount Hopeless – 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
  • Mount Rolleston – 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
  • Mount Aurum – 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
  • Faerie Queen – 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
  • Mount Paske – 2,216 m (7,270 ft)
  • Mount Adams – 2,208 m (7,244 ft)
  • Mount Awful – 2,192 m (7,192 ft)
  • Mount Hutt – 2,185 m (7,169 ft)
  • Mount Franklin (Canterbury) – 2,145 m (7,037 ft)
  • Mount Cloudsley – 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
  • Mount Olympus – 2,094 m (6,870 ft)
  • Dobson Peak – 2,095 m (6,873 ft)
  • David Peaks – 2,093 m (6,867 ft)
  • Mount Macfarlane – 2,077 m (6,814 ft)
  • Tooth Peak – 2,061 m (6,762 ft)
  • Damfool – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Mount Dreadful – 2,030 m (6,660 ft)
  • Jane Peak – 2,022 m (6,634 ft)

1,000 to 2,000 metres

Under 1,000 metres

Notes
  1. These lists exclude mountains in the Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by and administered by New Zealand, though could include the similarly claimed and administered Balleny Islands. These claims are in abeyance, in accord with the Antarctic Treaty. If mountains in the Ross Dependency were included in this list, several notable peaks would appear in the upper part of this list, including Mount Erebus which, at 3795 m (12,451 ft), would outrank Aoraki / Mount Cook, and the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land.
  2. In the absence of a height for the key col , the prominence is estimated from contour lines and presented in italics.
  3. The high peak of Aoraki was 3764 m high until 14 December 1991, when a massive rock/ice collapse broke off 10 meters. Subsequent erosion of the exposed ice cap reduced its height by a further 30 m as of November 2013.
  4. First ascent dates and parties were mostly extracted from the National Route database at Climb NZ
  5. Highest peak outside the Southern Alps
  6. In the Inland Kaikoura Range
  7. Highest peak on the North Island
  8. Brodrick Peak and Mount Mannering are equally high summits separated by the 2,400 m Whataroa Saddle (269 m drop)
  9. "Oceania P5000s". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  10. Brown Peak, Composite Gazeetter of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. US source.
  11. Brown Peak, Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. NZ source.
  12. An unnamed point to the southwest of Maungatere Hill rises to 299 m (981 ft).
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