Mount Ollivier is a mountain in the

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climat ...

region of

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. It is a peak in the Sealy Range, about west of

Mount Cook Village Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of , only south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Souther ...

. The peak is named after mountaineer Arthur Ollivier, who died in 1897. 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. Since the establishment of a tramping track to Mueller Hut, not far below the summit, the peak is now one of the easiest accessible mountains in the park. The section between Mueller Hut and the summit is a rock scramble rather than a mountain climb. Ascent to Mueller Hut and Mount Ollivier.jpg, Ascent to Mueller Hut and Mount Ollivier Mueller Hut with Mount Sefton and Mount Cook in the background.jpg, Mueller Hut with Mount Sefton and Aoraki / Mount Cook View from the summit of Mount Ollivier.jpg, View from the summit of Mount Ollivier

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Mountains of the Canterbury Region Southern Alps Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub