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Record SL-702938 · Wikidata Q3197303

Mount Murchison

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Elevation
2,408 m
7,900 ft
Prominence
1,169 m
Isolation
Coordinates
43.0040° S, 171.3768° E
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Murchison is a mountain in the Southern Alps in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is the highest point of the Shaler Range, which runs approximately north–south to the east of the Wilberforce River. A col to the east of the peak separates two glaciers, the Kahutea Glacier to the south and the White Glacier to the Northeast. Mount Murchison is named after Roderick Murchison, one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society.

First ascent

Date
1913
C.K. Ward and A.E. Talbot .[http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/si/arthurs-pass/shaler-range/mt-murchison Mount Murchison] at ClimbNZ.org
Source · wikipedia

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Mount Wakeman 2,271 m N 21° 0.7 km
Mount Speight 2,116 m E 88° 3.3 km
Mount Harper 2,222 m NE 65° 3.3 km
Mount Greenlaw 2,315 m SE 128° 3.6 km
Avoca Mountain 2,131 m SE 147° 4.0 km
Mount Davie 2,280 m N 18° 4.4 km