Mount Axford
Appearance
Mount Axford | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,720 m (5,640 ft)[1][2] |
Listing | Mountains of New Zealand |
Coordinates | 45°24′40″S 167°26′28″E / 45.411°S 167.441°E[1] |
Geography | |
Land | Neuseeland |
Island | South Island |
Region | Southland |
Protected area | Fiordland National Park |
Parent range | Kepler Mountains, Southern Alps |
Mount Axford is a mountain in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. In 2021, the previously unnamed mountain was officially named after Sir William Ian Axford, a notable space scientist from New Zealand.[3] The mountain does not have a known original Māori name.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mount Axford". New Zealand Geographic Board Gazetteer. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount Axford". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b New Zealand Geographic Board (13 October 2021). "Mount Axford Officially Named After Prominent Space Scientist". Retrieved 13 October 2021 – via Scoop.