Mount Luxmore

Mount Luxmore
Mount Luxmore showing a covering of beech forest
Highest point
Elevation1,472 m (4,829 ft)
Coordinates45°23′10″S 167°35′26″E / 45.38617429°S 167.5904642°E / -45.38617429; 167.5904642
Geography

Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand visible from the nearby town of Te Anau. The mountain is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high. It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).

The mountain was named by James McKerrow after Philip Bouverie Luxmoore of Timaru.

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