Temple Col

Temple Col is a mountain saddle in Selwyn District, Canterbury and has an elevation of 1,770 metres. Temple Col is situated nearby to the locality Pegleg Flat, as well as near Bealey Chasm.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blimit and Temple Basin.

Blimit

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blimit is a 1,921-metre-elevation mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.

Temple Basin is a club skifield in Arthur's Pass, in New Zealand's South Island. Operated by two clubs, the Temple Basin Ski Club and the Canterbury University Snow Sports Club, the ski area has 3 rope tows, two on-site lodges, two shelters and a ski school and ski shop.

Phipps Peak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Phipps Peak is a 1,965-metre-elevation mountain in New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arthur’s Pass and Otira.

Arthur’s Pass

Village

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthur's Pass, previously called Camping Flat then Bealey Flats, and for some time officially Arthur Pass, is a township in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, located in the Selwyn district.

Otira

Hamlet

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Otira is a small township 15 kilometres north of Arthur's Pass in the central South Island of New Zealand. It is on the northern approach to the pass, a saddle between the Ōtira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps. Otira is situated 9 km north of Temple Col.

Temple Col

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,770 metres
Description: pass in New Zealand
Categories: col and landform
Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.90519° or 42° 54′ 19″ south

Longitude

171.5902° or 171° 35′ 25″ east

Elevation

1,770 metres (5,807 feet)

Network

TBSI

Open location code

4V9H3HVR+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1490943472

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

6216016

Wikidata ID

Q49157768

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Temple Col” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Temple Col”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pegleg Flat and Bealey Chasm.

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Highlights include Col to Nowhere and Mount Temple.

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