Mount Sunday
Mount Sunday is an isolated hill in the inland Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It was chosen as the location for the settlement of Edoras in The Lord of the Rings films and has since become a tourist attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Mount Sunday
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 550 metres
- Description: hill in Canterbury, New Zealand, used as a Lord of the Rings set
- Categories: hill, roche moutonnée, filming location, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.54782° or 43° 32′ 52″ southLongitude
170.89289° or 170° 53′ 34″ eastElevation
550 metres (1,804 feet)Open location code
4V8GFV2V+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 515811618OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mount Sunday” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل سنداي”
- Cebuano: “Mount Sunday”
- Mesopotamian Arabic: “جبل سنداي”
- Ukrainian: “Гора Сандей”
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Highlights include Edoras, Capital of Rohan and Gate closed.
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