Malte Brun (mountain)

Malte Brun
Malte Brun (upper right) rises beyond the Tasman Glacier
Highest point
Elevation3,199 m (10,495 ft)[1]
Prominence780 m (2,560 ft)[1]
ListingNew Zealand #3
Coordinates43°33′50″S 170°18′17″E / 43.5640°S 170.3047°E / -43.5640; 170.3047[2]
Geography
Parent rangeMalte Brun Range, Southern Alps
Climbing
First ascent1894, by Tom Fyfe[3][4]

Malte Brun is the highest peak in the Malte Brun Range, which lies between the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers within New Zealand's Southern Alps. According to Land Information New Zealand, it rises to a height of 3,199 metres (10,495 ft),[1] although other sources give heights ranging from 3155 to 3199 m.[5][6] A list published by the New Zealand Alpine Club ranks Malte Brun as the third highest mountain in New Zealand.[7]

It was named by Julius von Haast after the French geographer Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun.[8]

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  3. ^ E. Freda Du Faur (1915). Chapter I — A Rèsumè of Mountaineering — in the Mount Cook District, between — 1862 And 1909, in The conquest of Mount Cook and other climbs : an account of four seasons’ mountaineering on the Southern Alps of New Zealand. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Electronic version by New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, 2009. Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  4. ^ John Wilson. Mountaineering – Aoraki/Mt Cook, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Updated 2 March 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. ^ Jonathan de Ferranti, NEW ZEALAND – SOUTH ISLAND: 301 Summits with 600 meters or greater prominence Peaklist. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
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  7. ^ Mountains of New Zealand, New Zealand Alpine Club. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  8. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 231. ISBN 9780143204107.