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Oceania / New Zealand / Mount Cavendish
Record SL-700094 · Wikidata Q6920083

Mount Cavendish

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Elevation
445 m
1,460 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
43.5891° S, 172.7163° E
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Mount Cavendish
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Cavendish is located in the Port Hills, with views over Christchurch, New Zealand and Lyttelton. It is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that formed Lyttelton Harbour. The Mount Cavendish Reserve displays some of the best examples of lava flow to be seen on the Port Hills.

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Tauhinukorokio 499 m E 88° 0.9 km
Te Moenga-o-Wheke 464 m W 262° 1.5 km
Te Upoko-o-Kurī 421 m W 261° 3.1 km
Mount Vernon 462 m W 262° 4.0 km
Te Poho-o-Tamatea 405 m SW 247° 4.0 km

Routes of ascent

Route Network Distance Difficulty
C360h Sugarloaf Hills lwn 18.0 km