Two Thumb Range

Two Thumb Range
The Two Thumb Range
The Two Thumb Range
Highest point
PeakMount D'Archiac, 43°27′54″S 170°34′55″E / 43.465°S 170.582°E / -43.465; 170.582
Elevation2,875 m (9,432 ft)[1]
Coordinates43°27′32″S 170°36′07″E / 43.459°S 170.602°E / -43.459; 170.602[2]
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Defining authorityNew Zealand Geographic Board
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Mount Burgess
Mount Edward
Mount Maude
Dobson Peak
Mount Ardmore
Sugar Loaf
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Round Hill
Mount Musgrave
Neutral Hill
Mount Gerald
Mount Hope
Beuzenberg Peak
Mount Toby
Captains Peak
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The Thumbs
Tantalus
Ajax Peak
Myrmidon
Achilles Peak
Alma
Exeter
Graf Spee
East Sentinel
Mount Earle
Mount Coates
Mount D'Archiac
Mount D'Archiac (Kahuikaupeke (Māori)
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
The Two Thumb Range is visible at the top (east) of this satellite view of Lake Tekapo, taken from the International Space Station.

The Two Thumb Range (sometimes called the Two Thumbs Range) is a range of mountains in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located to the east of Lake Tekapo and has several peaks which rise to around 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).[3] The southern end of the range contains one of Canterbury's main skifields, Mount Dobson.

  1. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer – Mount D'Archiac". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. LINZ. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer – Two Thumb Range". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ Two Thumb Range, Canterbury, NZTopoMap. Retrieved 22 January 2022.