Mount Lendenfeld

Lendenfeld Peak
Lendenfeld Peak

Location of Lendenfeld Peak in New Zealand

Highest point
Elevation 3,194 m (10,479 ft)[1]
Prominence 101 m (331 ft)
Coordinates 43°33′37″S 170°10′10″E / 43.560142°S 170.169453°E / -43.560142; 170.169453Coordinates: 43°33′37″S 170°10′10″E / 43.560142°S 170.169453°E / -43.560142; 170.169453
Geography
Location South Island, New Zealand
Parent range Southern Alps
Climbing
First ascent February 1907 by Alex Graham and Henry Newton[2]

Lendenfeld Peak, in the past also Mount Lendenfeld, is the sixth highest summit in New Zealand and in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

The summit is named after the Austrian zoologist and mountaineer Robert Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld. It is on the northeast ridge of Mount Tasman, separated from it by the Engineer Col (3093 m). It is normally climbed from the New Zealand Alpine Club hut on the Fox Glacier. The normal route from the Marcel Col (2987 m) over the east ridge is a relatively easy ascent in good conditions. The best time to climb this mountain is between September and March.[3]

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