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Oceania / New Zealand / Canterbury / Mount Grey
Record SL-700143 · Wikidata Q6920989

Mount Grey

Maukatere
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Elevation
933 m
3,061 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
43.1177° S, 172.5484° E
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Mount Grey
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Grey (officially Mount Grey / Maukatere) is a 934-metre (3,065 ft) mountain 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) west of Amberley in New Zealand. It is named after Sir George Grey who was governor of New Zealand when English surveyors climbed it in 1849. In Te Reo Māori, the mountain is called Maukatere, 'floating mountain', from where the spirits of the dead leave on the long journey to Cape Reinga. Maukatere is a significant mountain for the Kaiapoi-based Ngāi Tūāhuriri, a hapū (subtribe) of Ngāi Tahu. Maukatere marked the inland boundary of the Crown purchase of the Canterbury and Otago area recorded in "Kemp's Deed" in 1848. In 1998, the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 changed the official name of the mountain to Mount Grey / Maukatere.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Rocks 434 m NE 49° 3.3 km