Mount Ollivier
| Mount Ollivier | |
|---|---|
 Mueller Hut and the summit of Mount Ollivier | |
| Elevation | 1,933 m (6,342 ft) |
| Location | |
  Mount Ollivier Location of Mount Ollivier in the Southern Alps, New Zealand | |
| Location | Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park |
| Range | Sealy Range |
| Coordinates | 43°43′32″S 170°03′52″E / 43.7256°S 170.0645°ECoordinates: 43°43′32″S 170°03′52″E / 43.7256°S 170.0645°E |
Mount Ollivier is a 1,933 m (6,342 ft) mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.[1] It is a peak in the Sealy Range, about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Cook Village. The peak is named after mountaineer Arthur Ollivier, who died in 1897.[2]
Mount Ollivier was Sir Edmund Hillary's first major climb, in 1939. After his death in 2008, there was a proposal to rename the peak Mount Hillary as a memorial, a suggestion opposed by Arthur Ollivier's family.[2]
References
- ↑ "Place Name Detail: Mount Ollivier". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Booker, Jarrod (18 January 2008). "Renaming peak for Sir Ed meets resistance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2009.