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Oceania / New Zealand / Taranaki Maunga
Record SL-848276 · Wikidata Q850051

Taranaki Maunga

Ultra
Elevation
2,518 m
8,261 ft
Prominence
2,308 m
Isolation
128.5 km
Coordinates
39.2964° S, 174.0647° E
Grid ref
Taranaki Maunga
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga), officially Taranaki Maunga and also known as Mount Egmont, is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu. It has a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak (Māori: Panitahi), 1,966 metres (6,450 ft), on its south side.

First ascent

Date
1839
Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberley
Source · wikipedia

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Sharks Tooth 2,510 m E 77° 0.1 km
Te Tāhuna-o-Tūtawa 1,644 m E 89° 1.5 km
Bobs Knob 1,780 m SW 225° 1.6 km
Panitahi 1,966 m S 176° 1.6 km
Humphries Castle 1,593 m NE 41° 1.6 km
Turehu Hill 1,405 m W 277° 2.2 km

Routes of ascent

Route Network Distance Difficulty
Taranaki Maunga Summit Climb 6.3 km