Mount Philistine

Mount Philistine is a peak in Westland District, West Coast and has an elevation of 1,328 metres. Mount Philistine is situated nearby to the locality Candys Bend, as well as near Deaths Corner.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Rolleston and Arthur’s Pass.

Mount Rolleston

Peak

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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.

Arthur’s Pass

Mountain saddle

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Arthur's Pass is a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand. The pass sits 920 metres or 3,020 feet above sea level and marks part of the boundary between the West Coast and Canterbury regions.

Lake Misery

Lake

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arthur’s Pass and Otira.

Arthur’s Pass

Village

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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

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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.

Mount Philistine

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,328 metres
Description: mountain in New Zealand
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Westland District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.88658° or 42° 53′ 12″ south

Longitude

171.52601° or 171° 31′ 34″ east

Elevation

1,328 metres (4,357 feet)

Open location code

4V9H4G7G+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1489965356

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6216087

Wikidata ID

Q31686938

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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Philistine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Mount Philistine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mount Philistine”
Dutch: “Mount Philistine”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Candys Bend and Deaths Corner.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rolleston Glacier and Warnocks Knob.

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