Pirongia
Mount Pirongia is an extinct stratovolcano located in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises to 959 m and is the highest peak around the Waikato plains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 959 metres
- Description: mountain in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Mount Pirongia” and “Pirongia Mountain”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puketotara and Te Pahu.
Puketotara
Locality
Puketotara is a rural community in the Ōtorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "totara hill" for Puketōtara. Puketotara is situated 9 km southeast of Pirongia.
Te Pahu
Hamlet
Te Pahu is a rural community in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located just north of Cambridge across State Highway 1. Te Pahu is situated 9 km north of Pirongia.
Pirongia
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Pirongia is a little village about 30 minutes drive south of Hamilton, in southern Waikato, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the base of Mount Pirongia. There is a little info centre in town that will give you hiking info and where to go.
Pirongia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ōtorohanga District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.99283° or 37° 59′ 34″ southLongitude
175.09798° or 175° 5′ 53″ eastElevation
959 metres (3,146 feet)Open location code
4VJQ234X+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1566917088OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Pirongia” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pirongia Mountain (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Pirongia Mountain”
- Dutch: “Mount Pirongia”
- Dutch: “Pirongia Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت پيرونجيا”
- French: “mont Pirongia”
- French: “Mont Pirongia”
- French: “Pirongia”
- German: “Mount Pirongia”
- Irish: “Te Pirongia-o-te-aroaro-o-Kahu”
- Ladin: “Mount Pirongia”
- Maori: “Te Pirongia-o-te-aroaro-o-Kahu”
- Russian: “Пиронгиа (гора)”
- Russian: “Пиронгиа”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pirongia”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.