Franklin Mountains | |
Other Name: | Maori: Te Ahi-a-Mahuika |
Map: | New Zealand Fiordland |
Label Position: | bottom |
Highest: | Mount Kane |
Elevation M: | 1,714 |
Coordinates: | -44.953°N 167.738°W |
Etymology: | Named by James McKerrow in honour of John Franklin |
Location: | Southwestern South Island |
Country: | New Zealand |
Range Coordinates: | -44.916°N 167.717°W |
Orogeny: | Tectonic uplift |
The Franklin Mountains of New Zealand are a group of peaks in the southwestern area of the South Island, located between Bligh Sound and Lake Te Anau, within Fiordland National Park.[1] [2] [3]