The Hunter Mountains of Lake Manapouri New Zealand named by Surveyor James McKerrow after the Famous anatomist John Hunter. The Hunter Mountain Range covers an area between The South Arm and Hope Arm of Lake Manapouri South to the Green Lake. The Hunters contains several impressive Peaks, 1495m Cone Peak, 1497m Mount Moturau, 1639m Mount Cresent, 1645m Mt Burns, 1695m Eldrig Peak, the Highest Named Point is 1749m Mt Flat. the highest point is an 1804m unnamed peak at the head of the Garnoch Burn. Mount Moturau is accessible Via the Bicycle spur track from Hope Arm and Mt Burns is very accessible Via the Borland Saddle Road, built through Fiordland National Park in the 1960s for the construction of the Power Pylons and Power Lines for the Manapouri Power Station. and is open to the Public throughout the Summer Months.
Giant Snails known as Powelliphanta Spedeni are found in the Green Lake Area of the Hunter Mountains.
The Oligosoma nigriplantare polychroma inhabit the tussock grasslands areas from Lake Manapouri to Lake Monowai.
The Short Horned Grasshopper Alinacris ranges throughout the Hunter Mountains.