Mount Dick is a 705-metre (2313 ft) peak on Adams Island, the second-largest of New Zealand's Auckland Island chain. It is the highest point in the Auckland Islands. [1] Mount Dick is on the rim of an extinct volcano, the crater of which now forms Carnley Harbour, which separates Adams Island from the larger Auckland Island. [2]
This mountain was named after Richard “Dickey” Sayers, who moved from Wellington with his family to the Wairarapa in 1859.
50°52′55.82″S 166°04′46.15″E / 50.8821722°S 166.0794861°E
References
- ^ "Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands". Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Map of the Auckland Islands". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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Mount Dick is a 705-metre (2313 ft) peak on Adams Island, the second-largest of New Zealand's Auckland Island chain. It is the highest point in the Auckland Islands. [1] Mount Dick is on the rim of an extinct volcano, the crater of which now forms Carnley Harbour, which separates Adams Island from the larger Auckland Island. [2]
This mountain was named after Richard “Dickey” Sayers, who moved from Wellington with his family to the Wairarapa in 1859.
50°52′55.82″S 166°04′46.15″E / 50.8821722°S 166.0794861°E
References
- ^ "Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands". Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Map of the Auckland Islands". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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