| Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa | |
|---|---|
 Fog shrouding the snow covered Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 616 m (2,021 ft) |
| Coordinates | 45°34′S 170°35′E / 45.567°S 170.583°E |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Hikaroroa, after a Kati-Mamoe warrior Watkin, after Reverend James Watkin |
| Native name | Hiikaroroa (Māori) |
| Geography | |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Otago |
| District | Dunedin |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa is a 616-metre peak located north-west of Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand. It is on the east side of the North Branch of the Waikouaiti River.[1]
The peak was originally named Hikaroroa, after a Kati-Mamoe warrior,[2] and was renamed after a pioneer Methodist missionary, Reverend James Watkin in the 1840s.[3] The name was changed to "Mount Watkin/Hikaroroa" by the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97.[4]
- ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 526.
- ^ Beattie, H (1920). "Traditions and Legends. Collected from the natives of Murihiku". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 29 (4): 195.
- ^ Pybus, T. A. (1954). Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. p. 9.
- ^ "Schedule 96: Alteration of place names". Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97. New Zealand Government. 1998.