Mount Castor | |
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![]() Mount Pollux centred on skyline with Mount Castor to immediate right | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,518 m (8,261 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 303 m (994 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 1.5 km (0.93 mi)[2] |
Listing | New Zealand #66 |
Coordinates | 44°13′16″S 168°53′02″E / 44.221107°S 168.883832°E[2] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Castor |
Native name | Hinemakawe (Māori)[3] |
Geography | |
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Interactive map of Mount Castor | |
Location | South Island |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | West Coast / Otago |
Protected area | Mount Aspiring National Park |
Parent range | Southern Alps |
Topo map(s) | NZMS260 F38[3] Topo50 BZ11[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | March 1937 |
Mount Castor is a 2,518-metre-elevation (8,261-foot) mountain in New Zealand.
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