List of mountains of New Zealand by height


The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height. Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand Topo50 topographic maps at the site.
Mountains are referred to as maunga in the Māori language.

Named summits over 2,900 m

All summits over 2,900 m are within the Southern Alps, a chain that forms the backbone of the South Island, and all but one are within a 10-mile radius of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.

The 100 highest mountains

These are all the mountains over 2,400 m with a topographic prominence of at least 300 m, closely matching those on the by the New Zealand Alpine Club. Five peaks overlooked on that list are indicated with an asterisk. Of these 100 mountains, all but two — Ruapehu and Mount Taranaki / Egmont — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikoura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps.
RankMountainHeight Drop Isol. CoordinatesFirst ascentFirst ascent party
1Aoraki / Mount Cook372437243,140Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, George Graham
2Mount Tasman34975193.2Jack Clarke, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
3Malte Brun319978011.3Tom Fyfe
4Mount Sefton3151106310.9Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
531096488.8Peter Graham, Henrik Sillem
6La Perouse30784963.2Peter Graham, R S Low, Henry Newton,
730773182.7Peter Graham, Henry Newton,
830405605.2Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross
9Mount Aspiring / Tititea30332471130.6Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
10Mount Hamilton30253401.6Laurence M Earle, Bernard Head, Jack Clarke, Peter Graham
11Mount Chudleigh29664833.2Hugh Chambers, Freda Du Faur, Jim Murphy
12Tapuae-o-Uenuku28852022318.7Nehemiah McRae and two others
13Mount Alarm28773152.6T H S Fyfe and I E Rawnsley
142875115320.0Jim Dennistoun, Laurence Earle, Jack Clarke
15 Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi2830135936.3Harry Birley
16Hochstetter Dome28273922.1Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld, Harry Dew
17Mount Hutton28226627.3Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
18Mount Sibbald28117179.8Edgar Williams and William Kennedy
19Ruapehu 27972797341.9George Beetham, Joseph Maxwell
20Mount Arrowsmith278191134.2Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
21The Nun's Veil274955911.3Peter Graham, Mick Collett, Dr Mackay,
22Mount Burns27463767.3B. Head, A. and P. Graham, Darby Thomson, L. Earle, J. Clarke
23Mount Tutoko2723219130.4Samuel Turner and Peter Graham
24Jagged Peak27063153.4Evan Wilson, Andy Anderson, Doug Brough, Stan Barnett
25Mount Hopkins26785075.1Samuel Turner, Peter Graham, Frank Milne
26Mount Mannering26694464.6Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
26Brodrick Peak26694462.8Will A. Kennedy, Jack Lipp
28Mount Whitcombe265092115.2Roger Chester, Alan Willis, Bill Mirams
29Mount Ward264562412.3Selwyn Grave, E.A. Hogg, Edgar Williams
30Rob Roy Peak26444586.9Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton,
George Palmer, Don Divers, Russell & George Edwards, Gordon Edward
31Mount Dechen2643119810.0Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Gladys Acton-Adams, Frank Alack, Tom Christie
32Mount Hooker264012017.6Samuel Turner, Cyril Turner
33Mount Moffat26385004.5A J Scott, Alf Brustad, Russell Fraser,
34Red Peak *26373072.6H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson
35The Abbot26303204.3
36Mount Sealy26276354.7Jack Clarke, C L Barrow, Edward FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen
37Mitre Peak26213991.7Alexander, Fowler, Neville, Moore
38Mount Edward2620114511.1Bernard Head, Jack Clarke and Colin Ferrier
39Mount Evans26205223.5John D. Pascoe, Gavin Malcolmson, Priestley Thomson
40Mount Lucia *26173454.8C S Brockett, S J Harris, N D Dench, N Feierabend
41Sir William Peak26105353.1Jock A. Sim, V.J. Leader, Ken Grinling
42Manakau2608179823.8James Ingram
43Mount Avalanche26063803.3Dennis Leigh, Bill Walker & Jock Sim
44Dilemma Peak26024101.9Tom Fyfe, Conrad Kain
45Mount Conrad25983442.6Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
46Mount Glenmary259058512.7Scott Gilkison, Ernie Presland, Harry Stevenson
47Te ao Whekere25905327.7
48Mount Loughnan25903603.4J Shanks, D A Carty, H Smith, L Dumbleton
49Mount Head25854804.4Hugh Francis Wright
50Mount Forbes25833503.1Hugh F. Wright and Jim P. Murphy
51The Warrior258069510.6H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney Wiren, E C A Ferrier
52O'Leary Peak25703060.8Harry Birley
53Mount Acland25623834.3Conrad Kain, H. Otto Frind
54Mount Strachan25614103.5Marie Byles, Marjorie Edgar-Jones, Harry Ayres, Frank Alack
55Mount Wolseley25583053.9Will Kennedy, Jack Lippe
56Mauka Atua255754010.8Norman Hardie
57Mount William Grant25564724.1
58The South Thumb254673014.2Harold Porter, Clive Barker, Hugh Chambers
59Newton Peak254364410.7LK Wilson, HW Cormack
60Mount Williams25383705.2Doug Dick, E.W. Hullett, Harry Stevenson
61Mount Pollux2536112719.9E Miller, J S Shanks, G B Thomas, A J Scott, W Young & J Dumbleton
62Mount Madeline25365432.8Alf Cowling, Samuel Turner
63Mount Maori25353093.0Russell and Gordon Edwards, Ernie Smith, and Doug Knowles
64Centaur Peaks E2525100112.7Hugh F. Wright and J. Robertson
65Mount Taranaki / Egmont25182308128.5Ernst Dieffenbach & James Heberly
66Mount Castor25183031.5C C Benzoni, L W Divers, R R & G L Edwards & D C Peters
67Mount Lydia25175276.0
68Mount Brewster251693835.7C.Bentham, Cyril Turner, Samuel Turner
69Malcolm Peak25125215.3, Peter Graham, Jack Clarke
70Mount Tewha / Headlong Peak25107148.1Leo P. Mangos, G.W. Goodyear, P. Child
71Alma25103711.6Harold Porter, Hugh Chambers, Clive Barker
72Mount Huxley250587018.3Scott Gilkison, Roland Rodda, Harry Stevenson, Rod Williams, Max Willis
73Mount Ian25024143.1Doug Knowles, Russell R. and Gordon L. Edwards
74Dun Fiunary25003954.1Rex Booth, Reg Winn
75Mount Glencairn24994301.6Jim Dawson, Jim Gilkison, Scott Gilkison, Christopher Johnson
76Mount Tyndall24963103.6Frank Wright and J R Simpson
77McClure Peak24864203.9William A Kennedy, Jack Lippe
78Blair Peak24864103.6H W Cormack, Lloyd Wilson, Sidney Wiren
79Lauper Peak24854342.9Fred Kitchingham, Charles Ward, Lawrence Gooch
80Mount Ferguson24804153.1
81Mount Christina2474107642.5G. M. Moir, W. G. Grave, K. Roberts, R. S. M. Sinclair, H. Slater
82Mount Percy Smith24653901.4Lloyd Divers, Gordon Edwards, Russell Edwards, Ernie Smith
83Hells Gates24595555.4
84Mount Barth245653011.5Lindsay Crozier, Jim Crozier, Bruce Gillies, Selwyn Grave
85Fettes Peak24519216.6Archie Scott, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
86Pt 244724474404.7
87Climax Peak24466979.3
88Mount Kensington24446346.6John D. Pascoe, AF Pearson, HA McDowall, HM Sweeney
89Pt 244424444402.8
90Mount Jackson24344934.2Jim Dawson, Christopher Johnson, Scott Russell
91Kaimakamaka24313704.2
92Mount Radove24305286.3
93Mount Lambert24303282.8LW Boot, IW Tucker and H Andrewes
94Pt 2428 *24283253.9
95Mount Farrar24243002.5N Barker, GDT Hall
96The Marquee *24214171.9W. McBeth, R. Booth, W. Baker, C. Hilgendorf, R. & D. Twyneham
97Tarahaka24143652.7
98Soloist Peak24143253.0
99Mount Allan Dick 24133536.6J Harrison, B Waterhouse, L G Osborne, B H Williams
100Mount Blackburn24094597.0Jack Clarke, C J Bainbridge, W G Tennant
101Mount Murchison2408116941.4Charles K. Ward and Arthur E. Talbot
102Mount Symons24084053.6
103Mount Chevalier *24044945.1Bob Clark-Hall, J L Clark-Hall
104Cloudy Peak240352012.8Bryan Barrer, Frank Askin
105Trireme Peak NW24033855.1Neville Barker, Duncan Hall

Other notable mountains and hills

Over 2000 metres