Lendenfeld Peak (), in the past also Mount Lendenfeld, is the eighth highest named summit in
New Zealand
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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. It is on the northeast ridge of
Mount Tasman, 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
References
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Lendenfeld
Lend
Lend may refer to:
* ''Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector'', see Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
*Lend, Austria, a town in the east district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg
*Lend (Graz), a district of Graz
*Lend, Iran
Lend ( fa, لند) i ...
Lend
Lend may refer to:
* ''Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector'', see Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
*Lend, Austria, a town in the east district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg
*Lend (Graz), a district of Graz
*Lend, Iran
Lend ( fa, لند) i ...
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