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.
- Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,141 metres (3,743 feet)
- …is named after Leonard Harper
- Description: gap in New Zealand
- Also known as“Harpers Pass”“Hurunui Saddle”“Noti Taramakau / Harper Pass”“Taramakau Pass”
Harper Pass
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Latitude
-42.72802° or 42° 43′ 41″ south
Longitude
171.8828° or 171° 52′ 58″ east
Open location code
4V9H7VCM+Q4
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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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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