Lendenfeld Peak (), in the past also Mount Lendenfeld, is the eighth highest named summit in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
and in
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand. Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, and the eponymous village lie within the park. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists ...
.
The summit is named after the Austrian zoologist and mountaineer
Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld
Robert J. Lendlmayer von Lendenfeld (1858-1913) was an Austrian people, Austrian zoologist, alpinist, and traveler. He was also a notable Spongiology, spongiologist.
von Lendenfeld was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents suc ...
. It is on the northeast ridge of
Mount Tasman
Mount Tasman (''Horokoau'' in Māori) is New Zealand's second highest mountain, rising to a height of . It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike ...
, separated from it by the Engineer Col (3093 m). It is normally climbed from the New Zealand
Alpine Club hut
Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...
on the
Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier (; officially Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe) is a temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Like nearby Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier is one of ...
. The normal route from the Marcel Col () over the east ridge is a relatively easy ascent in good conditions. The best time to climb this mountain is between September and March.
See also
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List of mountains of New Zealand by height
The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height. Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at thin ...
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