Mount_Herbert_(New_Zealand)

Mount Herbert (Canterbury)

Mount Herbert (Canterbury)

Summit in New Zealand


Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki is, at 919 metres (3,015 ft), the highest peak on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.[1] It is south of Lyttelton Harbour with the township of Diamond Harbour at its northern foot.

Mount Herbert from The Monument

The peak is named after Sidney Herbert, a member of the Canterbury Association.[2] The official name of the peak was amended to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.[3]

In the 1860s, the mountain gave its name to a general electorate for some years. In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the Mount Herbert electorate was formed; it was first used in the 1866 election. In the 1870 electoral redistribution, the electorate was abolished.[4]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification, Mount Herbert is a dry subpolar oceanic climate, with slightly more precipitation in the winter than in the summer.

More information Climate data for Mount Herbert 43.69°S 172.74°E, 889m, Month ...

References

  1. "Banks Peninsula tramping tracks". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Hight, James; C.R. Straubel (1957). A History of Canterbury Volume I: to 1854. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. p. 121.
  3. McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. pp. 36–41. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.

43.689590°S 172.741960°E / -43.689590; 172.741960



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