List of mountains of New Zealand by height

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The following is a list of the highest mountains in New Zealand, and also of some other prominent mountains and hills, ordered by height.

Contents 1 The 30 highest mountains 2 Other prominent mountains and hills 2.1 Over 2000 metres 2.2 1000 to 2000 metres 2.3 Under 1000 metres

[edit] The 30 highest mountains

The 30 highest mountains are all within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island.

1. Aoraki/Mount Cook - 3754 m (12,316 ft)
2. Mount Tasman - 3498 m (11,476 ft)
3. Mount Dampier - 3440 m (11,286 ft)
4. Mount Silberhorn - 3279 m (10,758 ft)
5. Mount Lendenfeld - 3201 m (10,502 ft)
6. Mount Hicks - 3183 m (10,443 ft)
7. Mount Malte-Brun - 3176 m (10,420 ft)
8. Mount Torres - 3163 m (10,377 ft)
9. Mount Teichelmann - 3160 m (10,367 ft)
10. Mount Sefton - 3157 m (10,358 ft)
11. Mount Haast - 3138 m (10,295 ft)
12. Mount Elie de Beaumont - 3109 m (10,200 ft)
13. Mount Douglas Peak - 3081 m (10,108 ft)
14. Mount La Perouse - 3079 m (10,102 ft)
15. Mount Haidinger - 3066 m (10, 059 ft)
16. The Minarets - 3065 m (10,056 ft)
17. Mount Aspiring - 3033 m (9951 ft)
18. Mount Hamilton - 3022 m (9915 ft)
19. Glacier Peak - 3007 m (9865 ft)
20. Mount De La Beche - 2992 m (9816 ft)
21. Aiguilles Rouges - 2966 m (9731 ft)
22. Mount Nazomi - 2962 m (9718 ft)
23. Mount Darwin - 2961 m (9715 ft)
24. Mount Chudliegh - 2952 m (9685 ft)
25. Mount Annan, New Zealand - 2947 m (9669 ft)
26. Mount Low - 2942 m (9652 ft)
27. Mount Haeckel - 2941 m (9649 ft)
28. Mount Goldsmith - 2905 m (9531 ft)
29. Conway Peak - 2901 m (9518 ft)
30. Bristol Top - 2898 m (9508 ft)

[edit] Other prominent mountains and hills

[edit] Over 2000 metres

• Tapuae-o-Uenuku - 2880 m (9449 ft) (highest peak outside the Southern Alps)
• Hochstetter Dome - 2822 m (9259 ft)
• Mount Earnslaw - 2819 m (9249 ft)
• Tahurangi, Ruapehu - 2797 m (9177 ft) (highest peak in the North Island)
• Mount Tutoko - 2756 m (9042 ft)
• Te Heuheu, Ruapehu - 2755 m (9039 ft)
• Paretetaitonga, Ruapehu - 2751 m (9026 ft)
• Mount Hopkins - 2682 m (8799 ft)
• Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont - 2518 m (8261 ft)
• Mount Murchison - 2408m
• Double Cone - 2340 m (7677 ft)
• Ben Nevis - 2330 m (7644 ft)
• Mount Ngauruhoe - 2291 m (7516 ft)
• Mount Rolleston - 2275 m (7464 ft)
• Mount Adams - 2208m (7244 ft)
• Mount Hutt - 2190 m (7185 ft)

[edit] 1000 to 2000 metres

• Mount Tongariro - 1978 m (6490 ft)
• Benmore Peak (Benmore Range) - 1932 m (6338 ft) (site of Benmore Peak Observatory)
• Mount Cardrona - 1900 m (6234 ft)
• Mount Owen - 1875 m (6152 ft)
• Sutherlands Peak (Benmore Range) - 1846 m (6054 ft)
• Totara Peak (Benmore Range) - 1822 m (5977 ft)
• Mount Arthur - 1795 m (5887 ft)
• Mount Hikurangi, Gisborne - 1754 m (5755 ft)
• Mount Mangaweka - 1730 m (5676 ft)
• Mount Kaweka - 1725 m (5659 ft)
• Mitre Peak - 1692 m (5551 ft)
• The Mitre (Tararua Ranges) - 1570 m (5151 ft)
• Mount Hector (Tararua Ranges) - 1529 m (5016 ft)
• Sturge Island (subantarctic island) - 1524 m (5000 ft)
• Mount Lyndon - 1489m (4885 ft)
• The Cairn (Benmore Range) - 1464 m (4801 ft)
• Summit Peak - 1450 m (4756 ft) (highest point of the Rock and Pillar Range)
• Young Island (subantarctic island) - 1340 m (4396 ft)
• The Buscot (Benmore Range) - 1245 m (4084 ft)
• Buckle Island (subantarctic island) - 1239 m (4065 ft)
• Mount Pureora - 1175 m (3855 ft)
• Mount Tarawera - 1111 m (3645 ft)
• Mount Tauhara - 1088 m (3570 ft)
• Mount John - 1031 m (3382 ft) (site of Mount John University Observatory)

[edit] Under 1000 metres

• Mount Ross - 983 m (3225 ft) (highest point in the Aorangi Range)
• Mount Anglem - 979 m (3212 ft) (highest peak on Stewart Island)
• Mount Pirongia - 962 m (3156 ft)
• Mount Te Aroha - 952 m (3123 ft) (highest point in the Kaimai Ranges)
• Mount Matthews - 940 m (3084 ft)
• Mount Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki) - 920m (3018 ft) (highest point on Banks Peninsula)
• Maungatua - 900 m (2953 ft)
• Moehau - 892 m (2927 ft) (highest point on the Coromandel Peninsula)
• Mount Edgecumbe - 820 m (2690 ft)
• Maungatautari - 797 m (2615 ft) (site of the Maungatautari Restoration Project)
• Takaka Hill - 760 m (2493 ft)
• Mount Karioi - 756 m (2480 ft) (overlooks Raglan)
• Hauturu/Little Barrier Island - 722 m (2370 ft)
• Mount Pye - 720 m (2361 ft) (highest point in The Catlins)
• Kohukohunui (highest point in the Hunua Ranges) - 688 m (2255 ft)
• Mount Cargill - 680 m (2231 ft)
• Mount Hikurangi, Northland - 625 m (2051 ft)
• Mount Hobson (highest point on Great Barrier Island) - 621 m (2038 ft)
• Hokonui Hills - 600 m (1969 ft)
• Mount Honey (Campbell Island) - 558 m (1831 ft)
• Moumoukai - 516 m (1693 ft) (highest point in the Kermadec Islands, on Raoul Island)
• Te Toiokawharu (highest point in the Waitakere Ranges) - 474 m (1555 ft)
• Mount Kaukau - 445 m (1460 ft)
• Mount Charles - 408 m (1337 ft) (highest point on the Otago Peninsula)
• Signal Hill - 393 m (1289 ft)
• Whakaari/White Island - 321 m (1053 ft)
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu - 305 m (1001 ft)
• Mangere - 286 m (938 ft) (highest point in the Chatham Islands, on Mangere Island)
• Rangitoto Island - 260 m (853 ft)
• Mauao (Mount Maunganui) - 230 m (755 ft)
• Mount Victoria, Wellington - 196 m (643 ft)
• Mount Eden - 196 m (643 ft)
• One Tree Hill - 182 m (597 ft)
• Mount Wellington - 137 m (449 ft)
• Mount Albert - 135 m (443 ft)
• Mount Roskill - 110 m (361 ft)
• Mangere Mountain - 107 m (351 ft)