Manakau (mountain)

Manakau
View from Mt Fyffe towards Manakau
Highest point
Elevation2,608 m (8,556 ft)[1]
Prominence1,798 m (5,899 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
New Zealand #42
Coordinates42°13′30″S 173°37′06″E / 42.22500°S 173.61833°E / -42.22500; 173.61833[1]
Geography
Manakau is located in New Zealand
Manakau
Manakau
Location in New Zealand
LocationCanterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Parent rangeSeaward Kaikōura Range

Manakau is a mountain peak in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.[2] At 2,608 metres, it is the highest peak of the Seaward Kaikōura Range.[3]

Five routes to the summit have been described,[4] including the popular one from Barratts Bivvy[5] (however the bivvy itself was destroyed during 2016 Kaikōura earthquake[6]).

Water from the mountain feeds the Waiau Toa / Clarence, Hapuku and Kowhai Rivers.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Ultra-Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  2. ^ "Place name detail: Manakau". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ 1:50,000 map
  4. ^ "Manakau". climbnz.org.nz. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Mt Fyffe and the Seaward Kaikoura Range: Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park, Marlborough region". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ^ Walker, Meghan (20 November 2016). "DOC confirms two huts destroyed in quakes". Wilderness Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Manakau, New Zealand" on Peakbagger