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Mount Taranaki, New Zealand
Prominence: 2311 m, 7582 ft
Elevation: 2518 meters, 8261 feet
True Isolation: 128.46 km, 79.82 mi
Local or Alternate Name(s)
Former Name (English): Mount Egmont
Subpeaks
Fanthams Peak
(1966 m/6450 ft)
Peak Type
Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
39° 17' 46'' S, 174° 3' 50'' E
-39.296128, 174.063848 (Dec Deg)
246794 E 5646250 N, Zone 60 (UTM)
Country
New Zealand
State/Province
Taranaki (Highest Point)
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Other Web Sites
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Lists that contain Mount Taranaki:
Ultras of Australia and the Pacific
(Rank #11)
Ultras of Australia-Oceania
(Rank #19)
Ultras of New Zealand
(Rank #4)
New Zealand Region High Points
(Rank #8)
New Zealand Peaks with 600 m of Prominence
(Rank #4)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
86
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 83)
Selected Trip Reports:
0000 by Todd Jewell
1975 by Tom Lopez
1993-11-28 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)
2007-07-21 by Jon Colbert
2008-01-27 by David J. Rhude (Unsuccessful)
2010-03-24 by Richard Tibbetts (Unsuccessful)
2014-06-01 by Jon Colbert
2014-12-29 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
2015-01-25 by Richard Mclellan (GPS Track)
2015-08-29 by Dustin Erickson
2016-03-01 by Adam Walker
2016-11-23 by David J. Rhude (Unsuccessful)
2017-03-18 by Charles Everett
2018-01-30 by James Stone
2018-09-20 by Anthony Marra
2019-03-17 by Duncan Lennon
2019-10-17 by Sean Casserly
2020-01-27 by Thomas Garbellini (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:
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Elevation Ladder from Mount Taranaki
Prominence Ladder from Mount Taranaki
Looking back at the broad snowfields on the classic cone of Mount Taranaki (1993-11-28).
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 2311 m/7582 ft
Optimistic Prominence
: 2311 m/7582 ft
Line Parent
:
Te Heuheu
Key Col
: 207 m/679 ft
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 128.46 km/79.82 mi
Isolation Limit Point
: -39.275, 175.55251
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Paretetaitonga
(E)
Ranges
Continent:
Australia-Oceania
Range2:
New Zealand
Range3:
New Zealand North Island
Drainage Basins
Tasman Sea
Pacific Ocean
Island
North Island
Ownership
Land: Egmont National Park (Highest Point)
Route #1
Snow Climb
Trailhead: 957 m/3140 ft
Vertical Gain: 1561 m/5121 ft
Distance (one way): 7.72 km/4.8 mi
Data Source
1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
Mount Taranaki (
Key Col
)
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Other Photos
Looking west at sunrise from up near the summit of Taranaki. (2014-06-01). Photo by
Jon Colbert
.
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Mt. Taranaki (2016-02-29).
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Inside the snowy crater of Mount Taranaki; the summit and Sharks Tooth are out of view to the left and right, respectively (2023-01-13). Photo by
Jude N.
.
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