Two Thumb Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount D'Archiac, 43°27′54″S 170°34′55″E / 43.465°S 170.582°E |
Elevation | 2,875 m (9,432 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 43°27′32″S 170°36′07″E / 43.459°S 170.602°E[2] |
Naming | |
Defining authority | New Zealand Geographic Board |
Geography | |
10km 6miles T w o
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m o n d R a n g e
Mount Burgess
Mount Edward
Mount Maude
Mount Ardmore
Sugar Loaf
Mount Misery
Mount Musgrave
Neutral Hill
Mount Gerald
Mount Hope
Beuzenberg Peak
Mount Toby
Captains Peak
Mount Caton
The Thumbs
Tantalus
Ajax Peak
Myrmidon
Achilles Peak
Alma
Exeter
Graf Spee
East Sentinel
Mount Earle
Mount Coates
Mount D'Archiac | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Canterbury |
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.