Mount Hector (New Zealand)
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Mt Hector in the winter
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| Location | North Island, New Zealand |
| Parent range | Tararua Range |
Mount Hector is the highest peak in the southern Tararua Range,[1] situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a height of 1,529 metres (5,016 ft).
The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.[2]
Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.[3]
References
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