Mount John
Mount John is a peak in Mackenzie District, Canterbury and has an elevation of 978 metres. Mount John is situated nearby to the neighborhood Station Bay, as well as near the locality Tekapo Military Camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount John University Observatory and Church of the Good Shepherd.
Mount John University Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, previously known as Mt John University Observatory, is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory.
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Good Shepherd on the shores of Lake Tekapo on the South Island of New Zealand is a small Anglican church used by various denominations.
Lake Tekapo Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Tekapo Airport is a Non-Certificated Airport 1.5 NM west of Lake Tekapo township in the Mackenzie District of the South Island in New Zealand. The airport was constructed by Air Safaris in 1974 for scenic charter flights over the Southern Alps.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Tekapo and Tekapo Military Camp.
Lake Tekapo
Photo: Cuzza, Public domain.
Lake Tekapo is a lakeside resort village in the Mackenzie Country in the South Island of New Zealand. It gets its name from one of the Southern Lakes in the Southern Alps.
Tekapo Military Camp
Locality
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
Tekapo Military Camp is a locality.
Mount John
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 978 metres
- Description: hill near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
- Categories: hill, mountain, and landform
- Location: Mackenzie District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.98574° or 43° 59′ 9″ southLongitude
170.46504° or 170° 27′ 54″ eastElevation
978 metres (3,209 feet)Named after
John HayOpen location code
4V8G2F78+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6583665234OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2189413Wikidata ID
Q31676057
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Mount John” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount John”
- Georgian: “მაუნტ-ჯონი”
- German: “Mount John”
- Hebrew: “הר ג’ון”
- Irish: “Otehiwai”
- Maori: “Otehiwai”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station Bay and Burkes Pass.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Astrograph and Mt John Observatory.
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