Tapuaenuku
Tapuaenuku is a mountain in Kaikōura District, Canterbury and has an elevation of 2,334 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tapuae-o-Uenuku and Mount Alarm.
Tapuae-o-Uenuku
Peak
Photo: Hughvannoorden, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tapuae-o-Uenuku, formerly Mount Tapuaenuku, is the highest peak in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name translates from Māori as "footprint of the rainbow", though is usually regarded as being named after Chief Tapuaenuku.
Mount Alarm
Peak
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Alarm is a 2,877-metre-elevation mountain in the South Island of New Zealand. Mount Alarm is situated 2½ km southwest of Tapuaenuku.
Tapuaenuku
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,334 metres
- Description: mountain in New Zealand
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kaikōura District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“Tapuaenuku” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tapuaenuku”
- Cebuano: “Tapuaenuku”
- Dutch: “Tapuaenuku”
- Swahili: “Mlima Tapuaenuku”
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Highlights include Kaikoura Range and Pinnacle.
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