Haast Pass

Haast Pass / Tioripatea is a mountain pass in the of the of New Zealand. Māori used the pass in pre-European times. The pass takes its name from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as provincial geologist for the provincial government of Canterbury.
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 747 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Haast Pass / Tioripatea”, “Haast Pass/Tioripatea”, and “Tioripatea”

Haast Pass

Latitude
-44.10729° or 44° 6′ 26″ south
Longitude
169.3548° or 169° 21′ 17″ east
Elevation
747 metres (2,451 feet)
Named after
Julius von Haast
Open location code
4V7FV9V3+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 176748239
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
2190389
Wiki­data ID
Q498788
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Satellite Map

Discover Haast Pass from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Spanish—“Haast Pass” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Paso de Haast”
  • Catalan: “Haast Pass”
  • Cebuano: “Haast Pass/Tioripatea”
  • Cebuano: “Haast Pass”
  • Czech: “Haastův průsmyk”
  • Danish: “Haast Pass”
  • Danish: “Haast-passet”
  • Dutch: “Haast Pass”
  • German: “Haast Pass”
  • German: “Haast Pass/Tioripatea”
  • German: “Tiori-patea”
  • German: “Tioripatea”
  • Hungarian: “Haast-hágó”
  • Japanese: “ハースト・パス”
  • Maori: “Tiori Pātea”
  • Maori: “Tioripatea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haast Pass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haastpasset”
  • Norwegian: “Haastpasset”
  • Slovenian: “Haast Pass/Tioripatea”
  • Spanish: “Paso de Haast”

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