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Alice Peak
Alice Peak is a mountain in Fiordland, New Zealand. Description Alice Peak is part of the Darran Mountains and is situated in the Southland Region of the South Island. It is set within Fiordland National Park which is part of the Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east to the Hollyford River via Stickup and Glacier creeks. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Hollyford Valley in four kilometres. History The first ascent of the summit was made in 1935 by Frank Alack, Kate Gardiner, and Vic Williams.''Alice Pk'' New Zealand Alpine Club, Climbnz.org, Retrieved 17 January 2025. The mountain was named by Kate Gardiner after her late mother, Alice Evans (1851–1924). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tūtoko
Mount Tūtoko is the highest peak in Fiordland National Park, in southwest New Zealand. It lies between the Hollyford Valley and Milford Sound, due north of the Homer Tunnel at the northern end of the Darran Mountains. The glacier-covered mountain rises to a height of and is visible from the Hollyford Track."Tutoko, New Zealand" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 January 2012. Two slightly lower summits lie just to the south of the main peak. The first ascent of Tūtoko was by Samuel Turner and Peter Graham in 1924, climbing by way of the northwest ridge. The mountain was named by , w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollyford River
The Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka is in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It runs for through Fiordland, its sources being close to the Homer Tunnel and in Gertrude Valley in the southern Darran Mountains. At first, the river flows southeast and east, coming as close as 1 km to the east–west divide of the South Island, before continuing north through the glacier-formed Hollyford Valley. Near the end, the river passes through Lake McKerrow before reaching Martins Bay on the coast of the Tasman Sea north of Milford Sound. The Hollyford Track follows the river's course. Part of the river's course is traditionally regarded as the boundary between the Southland and Otago regions, however, current maps show the entirety of the Hollyford Valley contained within the Southland Region. In January 1863, Patrick Caples explored the river, naming it after his home town of Hollyford, County Tipperary in Ireland. Following the passage of the Ngāi Tahu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tutoko - Mount Madeline
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England People * Mount (surname) * William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician Computing and software * Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible * Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems Books * ''Mount!'', a 2016 novel by Jilly Cooper Displays and equipment * Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe * Mounting board, in picture framing * Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings * Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.: ** To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display ** To prepare dead animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
