Mount Richardson (Southland)

Mount Richardson
Mount Richardson is located in New Zealand
Mount Richardson
Mount Richardson
Location in New Zealand
Highest point
Elevation540 m (1,770 ft)
Coordinates44°29′06″S 167°55′05″E / 44.485°S 167.918°E / -44.485; 167.918
Geography
LocationSouth Island, New Zealand

Mount Richardson is in northern Fiordland, in the Southland District of New Zealand,[1] in the southwestern part of the country. The summit is 485 metres (1,591 ft) above sea level.[2] The terrain around Mount Richardson is hilly to the northwest, and mountainous to the southeast.

The highest point in the area is Te Hau, 1,703 metres above sea level, 7.9 km south of Mount Richardson.[3] Less than two people per square kilometre live around Mount Richardson.[4] There is no town in the area. Mount Richardson is almost completely covered in forest.[5] The hill is named after John Richardson, who was the third Superintendent of Otago Province.[2]

The average rainfall 2,920 millimetres per year. The wettest month is October, with 356 millimetres of rain, and the wettest February, with 152 millimetres.[6]

Viewfinder Panoramas, within a 10 kilometre radius.[7] The full algorithm is available here.

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  2. ^ a b "Place name detail: Mount Richardson". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Place name detail: Te Hau". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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