Mount Cavendish

Mount Cavendish is located in the Port Hills, with views over , and . It is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that formed .
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Photo: Anon Mouse, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyttelton Rail Tunnel and Tauhinukorokio/Mount Pleasant.

Tunnel
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 3.0.
The , initially called the Moorhouse Tunnel, links the city of with the port of in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant, also known just as either Mount Pleasant or Tauhinukorokio individually, is the highest elevation in the eastern Port Hills in , New Zealand.

Tunnel
Photo: Patchy1, Public domain.
The runs through the Port Hills to connect the city of and its seaport, . It opened in on 27 February 1964 and carries just over 10,000 vehicles per day as part of State Highway 74.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heathcote Valley and Lyttelton.

Suburb
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
is a suburb of , New Zealand. It is named after Sir William Heathcote, who was secretary of the Canterbury Association.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the seaport satellite town of in , lying just over the Port Hills from Christchurch.

Quarter
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a quarter.

Mount Cavendish

Latitude
-43.58908° or 43° 35′ 21″ south
Longitude
172.7163° or 172° 42′ 59″ east
Elevation
192 metres (630 feet)
Open location code
4V8JCP68+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289895074
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6220975
Wiki­data ID
Q6920083
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Cavendish from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ladin—“Mount Cavendish” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Cavendish”
  • Dutch: “Mount Cavendish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت كاڤينديش”
  • Ladin: “Mount Cavendish”

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