Mount Tasman

Mountain in New Zealand

Mount Tasman

Location in New Zealand

Parent rangeSouthern AlpsClimbingFirst ascentFebruary 1895 by Edward Fitzgerald, Matthias Zurbriggen und Jack ClarkeEasiest routeglacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Tasman (Te Horokōau in Māori)^[1]^[2] is New Zealand's second-highest mountain, rising to a height of 3,497 metres (11,473 ft). It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike Aoraki / Mount Cook, Mount Tasman sits on the South Island's Main Divide, on the border between Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park. It is the highest point in Westland District.^{[citation needed]}

The first ascent of Mount Tasman was in 1895 by Edward FitzGerald and his guide Matthias Zurbriggen.^[3]

The Māori name (horo: to swallow; koau: shag or Phalacrocorax varius) is believed to refer to the swelling in the neck of a shag when it is swallowing a fish.^[4]

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

Mount Tasman is located in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the Canterbury Region, which was established in 1953 and along with Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park forms one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Mt Tasman north shoulder view south to summit, 21 March 1983
Mt Tasman peak looking SW from Mt Haidinger summit, 19 March 1983
Mt Haast, Mt Lendenfeld, Mt Tasman and Torres Peak NZ helicopter view from NW, Nov 28 2008
Mt Tasman helicopter view from SE above Grand Plateau, Nov 28 2008
Mt Tasman viewed from north at helicopter landing on Fox nevé, Nov 28 2008

References

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^ "Place name detail: Te Horokōau". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Useful Documents | District Plan Review Stage Three | Let's Talk | Kōrero Mai – Mackenzie". letstalk.mackenzie.govt.nz. p. 11. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Wilson, John. "Mountaineering – Aoraki/Mt Cook". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 391. ISBN 9780143204107.

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Mountains

Aoraki / Mount Cook
Dixon Peak
Douglas Peak
Glacier Peak
La Perouse
Lendenfeld Peak
Malte Brun
Mount Dampier
Mount Elie de Beaumont
Mount Haidinger
Mount Hamilton
Mount Hicks
Mount Ollivier
Mount Sefton
Mount Tasman
Mount Vancouver
Silberhorn

Mountain ranges

Glaciers

Lakes

Rivers

Other geographic features

Settlements and buildings

Walking and cycling tracks

Reserves and World Heritage Sites

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River