Mount Luxmore
Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand visible from the nearby town of Te Anau. The mountain is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high. It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).
The mountain was named by James McKerrow after Philip Bouverie Luxmoore of Timaru.
See also
References
- ^ Harriss, Gavin. "NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Mount Luxmore (Kepler Track)". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Deaths". The Timaru Herald. Vol. XXXVII, no. 2460. 10 August 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 223. ISBN 9780143204107.
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