Mount Tasman

Mount Tasman
Highest point
Elevation3,497 m (11,473 ft)
Prominence519 m (1,703 ft)
ListingNew Zealand #2
Coordinates43°34′S 170°9′E / 43.567°S 170.150°E / -43.567; 170.150
Naming
Native nameTe Horokōau (Māori)
Geography
Mount Tasman is located in New Zealand
Mount Tasman
Mount Tasman
Location in New Zealand
Parent rangeSouthern Alps
Climbing
First ascentFebruary 1895 by Edward Fitzgerald, Matthias Zurbriggen und Jack Clarke
Easiest routeglacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Tasman (Te Horokōau in Māori)[1][2] is New Zealand's second-highest mountain, rising to a height of 3,497 metres (11,473 ft). It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike Aoraki / Mount Cook, Mount Tasman sits on the South Island's Main Divide, on the border between Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. It is the highest point in Westland District.[citation needed]

The first ascent of Mount Tasman was in 1895 by Edward FitzGerald and his guide Matthias Zurbriggen.[3]

The Māori name (horo: to swallow; koau: shag or Phalacrocorax varius) is believed to refer to the swelling in the neck of a shag when it is swallowing a fish.[4]

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Te Horokōau". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Useful Documents | District Plan Review Stage Three | Let's Talk | Kōrero Mai – Mackenzie". letstalk.mackenzie.govt.nz. p. 11. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ Wilson, John. "Mountaineering – Aoraki/Mt Cook". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 391. ISBN 9780143204107.