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.

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.

Crow Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Philistine

Peak

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Philistine is a peak.

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 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″ south

Longitude

171.50303° or 171° 30′ 11″ east

Elevation

1,780 metres (5,840 feet)

Open location code

4V9H4G23+86

OpenStreetMap ID

node 365754412

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

6216045

Wikidata ID

Q49170438

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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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