Mount Haast (Westland District)

Mount Haast
Mount Haast (right), with the Hochstetter Glacier in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation	3,114 m (10,217 ft)^[1]
Prominence	127 m (417 ft)^[1]
Isolation	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Coordinates	43°33′32″S 170°10′40″E / 43.55889°S 170.17778°E / -43.55889; 170.17778
Naming
Etymology	Julius von Haast
Geography
Mount Haast Location of Mount Haast in New Zealand
Location	West Coast, New Zealand
Parent range	Southern Alps

Mount Haast (3,114 metres or 10,217 feet) is a mountain summit located in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, in the Westland District of New Zealand.^[2] The mountain was named after the German-born geologist Julius von Haast by James Mackay (1831–1912).^[3]

Description

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Mount Haast is located just north off the Main Divide and is thus located in Westland District. It is made up of three peaks, the highest of which is at 3,114 metres (10,217 ft). The two secondary peaks are both north of the main peak and are at 3,099 metres (10,167 ft) and 3,065 metres (10,056 ft).^[2]^[4] The peaks are located at the head of the Albert Glacier (the original name of the glacier, but the lower part was renamed Fox Glacier). The first ascent, via the Marcel Col, was in February 1907 by Alex Graham and Henry Newton.^[4]

Mount Haast was named by James Mackay. Mackay named two peaks after Haast; the other Mount Haast is a hill (1,587 metres or 5,207 feet) located near Springs Junction in the Buller District.^[3]^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Mount Haast, New Zealand". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Place name detail: Mount Haast". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 151. ISBN 9780143204107.
^ ^a ^b "Mt Haast". ClimbNZ. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "Place name detail: Mount Haast". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

v t e Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Dampier Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Mount Haast Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak The Minarets Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Torres Peak Mount Vancouver
Mountain passes	Copland Pass
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier
Lakes	Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Wahapo
Rivers	Balfour River Callery River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Douglas River Fox River Hinatua River Karangarua River Ōmoeroa River Ōkārito River Ruera River Strauchon River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waitangitāhuna River
Lagoons	Ōkārito Lagoon
Walking tracks	Copland Track Roberts Point Track
Huts	Chancellor Hut
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Te Wahipounamu Waiau Glacier Coast Marine Reserve
Events	2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

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 Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi 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

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