Mount Elie de Beaumont

Mount Elie de Beaumont
Aerial view from the south
Highest point
Elevation3,109 m (10,200 ft)[1]
ListingNew Zealand #5
Coordinates43°28′54″S 170°19′41″E / 43.48173°S 170.32812°E / -43.48173; 170.32812[1]
Geography
Mount Elie de Beaumont
Location in New Zealand
LocationSouth Island, New Zealand
Parent rangeSouthern Alps

Mount Elie de Beaumont is a 3,109 metres (10,200 ft) high mountain in the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand and the northernmost Three-thousander of the country. It is surrounded by several glaciers like Johannes Glacier in the north, Burton Glacier to the east, Times Glacier to the west and Anna Glacier, a tributary to the Tasman Glacier, in the south.[1] It was named by Julius von Haast after the French geologist Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Topographic map". NZTopoMap. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Gazetteer". Retrieved 1 December 2022.