Mount Luxmore Explained

Mount Luxmore
Elevation M:1472
Map:New Zealand
Label Position:right
Location:South Island, New Zealand
Coordinates:-45.3862°N 167.5905°W

Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand visible from the nearby town of Te Anau. The mountain is high.[1] It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of .[2]

The mountain was named by James McKerrow after Philip Bouverie Luxmoore[3] of Timaru.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harriss . Gavin . NZ Topo Map . NZ Topo Map . 21 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Mount Luxmore (Kepler Track). SummitPost.org. 16 February 2014.
  3. News: Deaths . 21 February 2014 . . 10 August 1882 . XXXVII . 2460 . 2.
  4. Book: Reed, A. W. . Alexander Wyclif Reed

    . Alexander Wyclif Reed . Place Names of New Zealand . 2010 . Raupo . Rosedale, North Shore. 9780143204107 . Peter Dowling . 223.