Welcome Pass
Welcome Pass is a mountain saddle in Westland District, West Coast and has an elevation of 1,930 metres. Welcome Pass is situated nearby to the locality Welcome Flat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,930 metres
- Description: mountain pass in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Karangarua Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Sefton and Douglas Glacier.
Mount Sefton
Peak
Photo: LC-de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Mount Sefton is a mountain in the Aroarokaehe Range of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, just 12 kilometres south of Aoraki / Mount Cook. To the south lies Mount Brunner, and to the north The Footstool, both more than 400 metres shorter.
Douglas Glacier
Glacier
The Douglas Glacier is a glacier in New Zealand's Southern Alps located between Mount Sefton and Mount Brunner. It is named after the explorer Charles Edward Douglas.
Mount Thomson
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Thomson is a 2,642-metre-elevation mountain in New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Cook National Park.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
Village
Photo: Pseudopanax, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps. Aoraki / Mount Cook is situated 10 km southeast of Welcome Pass.
Mount Cook National Park
Photo: Petero9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Several other high peaks of the South Island's Southern Alps are nearby.
Welcome Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Westland District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.67451° or 43° 40′ 28″ southLongitude
170.01205° or 170° 0′ 43″ eastElevation
1,930 metres (6,332 feet)Open location code
4V8G82G6+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4920365595OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
“Welcome Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Welcome Pass”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Welcome Flat and Christmas Flat.
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Highlights include Scott Peak and Prism Glacier.
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