Waimakariri Col
Waimakariri Col is a mountain saddle in West Coast, South Island and has an elevation of 1,780 metres. Waimakariri Col is situated nearby to the locality Pegleg Flat, as well as near Deaths Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Rolleston and Crow Glacier.
Mount Rolleston
Peak
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Rolleston is a prominent peak in Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. It was named by the surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson in 1864, who observed the peak while searching for a route through the Southern Alps to the West Coast gold fields.
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 fifteen 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 northeast of Waimakariri Col.
Waimakariri Col
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,780 metres
- Description: col in New Zealand
- Categories: col and landform
- Location: West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.89923° or 42° 53′ 57″ southLongitude
171.50303° or 171° 30′ 11″ eastElevation
1,780 metres (5,840 feet)Open location code
4V9H4G23+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 365754412OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
“Waimakariri Col” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waimakariri Col”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pegleg Flat and Deaths Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Armstrong and Anderson Peak.
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