Harper Pass
Harper Pass, previously known as Hurunui Pass or sometimes Taramakau Pass, is an alpine pass between Canterbury and the West Coast in New Zealand. It was the most important crossing for Māori to obtain pounamu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,141 metres
- Description: gap in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Harpers Pass”, “Hurunui Saddle”, “Noti Taramakau / Harper Pass”, and “Taramakau Pass”
Harper Pass
- Categories: gap, mountain pass, and landform
- Location: Hurunui District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-42.72802° or 42° 43′ 41″ southLongitude
171.8828° or 171° 52′ 58″ eastElevation
1,141 metres (3,743 feet)Named after
Leonard HarperOpen location code
4V9H7VCM+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9019866796OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
2190243Wikidata ID
Q32216874
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Harper Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harper Pass”
- Cebuano: “Harpers Pass”
- Czech: “Harperův průsmyk”
- German: “Harper Pass”
- Maori: “Nōti Taramakau”
- Spanish: “Harper Pass”
- Spanish: “Harpers Pass”
- Spanish: “Hurunui Saddle”
- Spanish: “Paso de Harper”
- Spanish: “Paso Harper”
- Spanish: “Taramakau Pass”
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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 “Harper Pass”. Photo: LawrieM, CC BY-SA 4.0.