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Mount Tūtoko is the highest peak in
Fiordland National Park Fiordland National Park is a national park in the south-west corner of South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 13 National parks of New Zealand, national parks in New Zealand, with an area covering , and a major part of the Te W ...
, in southwest New Zealand. It lies between the
Hollyford Valley Hollyford Valley is a valley in Fiordland, New Zealand, in the southwest of the South Island. It is named for the Hollyford River, which runs north-north-west along its length from the Southern Alps (New Zealand), Southern Alps to the Tasman Sea ...
and
Milford Sound Milford Sound (, officially gazetted as Milford Sound / Piopiotahi) is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage ...
, due north of the Homer Tunnel at the northern end of the
Darran Mountains The Darran Mountains are a prominent range within New Zealand's Fiordland National Park, the country's biggest national park. They contain the park's highest peak, Mount Tūtoko (). Geography The range lies between Milford Sound (Piopiotahi) a ...
. The glacier-covered mountain rises to a height of and is visible from the Hollyford Track."Tutoko, New Zealand"
Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
Two slightly lower summits lie just to the south of the main peak. The first ascent of Tūtoko was by Samuel Turner and Peter Graham in 1924, climbing by way of the northwest ridge. The mountain was named by
James Hector Sir James Hector (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed ...
, who visited the area in 1863, after Tūtoko, a
Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
chief (
rangatira In Māori culture, () are tribal chiefs, the leaders (often hereditary) of a (subtribe or clan). Ideally, were people of great practical wisdom who held authority () on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries between a tribe's land ( ...
) living at Martins Bay, close to the mouth of the Hollyford River, at the time. The name of the mountain was officially gazetted as Mount Tūtoko on 21 June 2019.


Gallery

File:Mount Tūtoko crop.jpg, Aerial view of south aspect of Mount Tūtoko File:Mt Tutoko and Mt Madeleine.jpg, Mount Madeline (left of centre) and Mount Tūtoko (right) are the two highest peaks of the Darran Mountains in New Zealand. Viewed from east.


See also

* List of ultras of Oceania


References


External links


"Mount Tutoko" Mountain-Forecast.com

1966 Encyclopedia of New Zealand page
Mountains of Fiordland Southern Alps Fiordland National Park {{Fiordland-geo-stub