Tapuae-o-Uenuku
Also known as Tapuaenuku, Tappy, Mount Tapuaenuku
Tapuae-o-Uenuku, formerly Mount Tapuaenuku, is the highest peak in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name translates from Māori as "footprint of the rainbow", though is usually regarded as being named after Chief Tapuaenuku.
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- Tapuae-o-Uenuku from the Awatere valley to the north east
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- 2885
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- New Zealand
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- South Island, New Zealand
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- Kaikōura Ranges
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Tapuae-o-Uenuku, formerly Mount Tapuaenuku, is the highest peak in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name translates from Māori as "footprint of the rainbow", though is usually regarded as being named after Chief Tapuaenuku.
At it is the highest mountain in New Zealand outside the main ranges of the Southern Alps, and over 80 metres taller than Mount Ruapehu, the tallest peak in the North Island. It had its beginnings as a magma chamber 3–4 km below the South Island's Torlesse rocks, which in turn had been buried by a 2 km geological layer over the last 100 million years. It has thus been uplifted almost 9 km over the last 4–5 million years, and without substantial erosion would be taller than the Himalayas.
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