Ōwairaka/Mount Albert

Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, also known as Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura, is a volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga which dominates the landscape of the and suburbs of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Bhutt, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 75 metres
  • Description: mountain in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Mount Albert”, “Mt Albert”, “Ōwairaka”, “Ōwairaka / Mount Albert”, “Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mount Albert”, and “Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alberton and Ōwairaka Park.

Museum
Photo: Sandy Austin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 19th-century house in , , New Zealand, which is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. The house was built in the 1860s for Allan Kerr Taylor.

Park
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Sitedmambo, CC0.
railway station is in the suburb of on the North Auckland Line of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. It has an island platform reached by a footbridge from Carrington Road at the northern end, an overbridge from New North Road on the eastern side, and a subway that runs between Willcott Street and New North Road at the southern end.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōwairaka and Mount Albert.

Quarter
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a suburb of New Zealand's largest city, . It is under the local governance of the . The area was primarily rural until the 1930s, when the area experienced suburban growth.

Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is an inner suburb of , , which is centred on Ōwairaka / , a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape.

Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a suburb of , , located in the south-west of the . The area is a part of the catchment, and in the 19th and early 20th centuries was primarily swampland owned by the Weslayan Mission.

Ōwairaka/Mount Albert

Latitude
-36.89137° or 36° 53′ 29″ south
Longitude
174.72017° or 174° 43′ 13″ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Named after
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Open location code
4VMP4P5C+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3593828558
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6232257
Wiki­data ID
Q19870580
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Maori—“Ōwairaka/Mount Albert” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Owairaka”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Albert”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت البيرت (نيوزيلاندا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت البيرت”
  • Hausa: “Ōwairaka/Dutsen Albert”
  • Hebrew: “הר אלברט”
  • Irish: “Ōwairaka”
  • Ladin: “Ōwairaka / Mount Albert”
  • Ladin: “Ōwairaka/Mount Albert”
  • Maori: “Ōwairaka”
  • Maori: “Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura and Grande Reserve.

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