Mount Nimrod

This article is about the hill in New Zealand. For the mountain in Antarctica, see Mount Nimrod (Antarctica).

Mount Nimrod
Mount Nimrod/Kaumira
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Highest point
Elevation1,525 m (5,003 ft)[1]
Coordinates44°26′10″S 170°48′07″E / 44.436°S 170.802°E / -44.436; 170.802[1]
Naming
EtymologyProbably Nimrod, the biblical king and hunter[2]
Native nameKaumira (Māori)
Defining authorityNew Zealand Geographic Board
Geography
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Range coordinates44°25′08″S 170°45′14″E / 44.419°S 170.754°E / -44.419; 170.754[3]
Parent rangeHunter Hills

Mount Nimrod (officially Mount Nimrod/Kaumira since 2010[4]) is a hill in the Hunters Hills area of Canterbury, New Zealand.

  1. ^ a b "NZGB Gazetteer - Mount Nimrod/Kaumira". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. LINZ. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer - Mount Nimrod". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer - Hunters Hills". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Dual place names set to be approved for Canterbury". RNZ. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2021.