South Island

Mountain range106,100.78 km²
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Main information

6,707
Peaks
763
Passes
341
Glaciers
698.52 km²
km²

About

larger and more southerly of the two main islands of New Zealand

Known names

alternative

Southern IslandTe WaipounamuThe Mainland

Child Regions

Fiordland
1,060 peaks
119 Passes
3 Glaciers
Braan Mountains
16
Cameron Mountains
23
Command Peak Range
2
Dark Cloud Range
102
Darran Mountains
72143
Depth Peak
41
Dingwall Mountains
10
Double Peak Range
51
Expedition Peak Range*
101
Franklin Mountains
444
Heath Mountains
12
Hump Ridge
35
Hunter Mountains
661
Ka Mauka-tokoweka
1
Kaherekoau Mountains
8
Kaherekoau Mountains
Kakapo Range
102
Kepler Track
51370
Kilcoy Mountains
4
Llawrenny Peaks
25
Long Island & Cooper Island*
2
Master Ridge
8
Matterhorn Mountains
164
Merrie Range
292
Mount Evans Range
41
Mount Pender
3
Mount Richards
2
Mount Wallis
3
Murchison Mountains
235
Museum Range
265
Paddock Hill Range*
1
Pleasant Range
31
Princess Mountains
9
Resolution Island
14
Secretary Island
31
Stephens Peak
2
Stillwater-Doon Mountains
212
Stuart Mountains
185
Townley Mountains
32
Turret Range
72
Wall Mountains
2
Wick Mountains
297
Kaikoura Ranges
207 peaks
32 Passes
Amuri Range
256
Blue Mountain Range
23
Chalk Range
6
Haldon Hills
6
Inland Kaikoura Range
6410
Sawtooth Range
144
Seaward Kaikoura Range
8012
Northwest Ranges
906 peaks
71 Passes
Allen Range
103
Anatoki Range
15
Barnicoat Range
214
Blackwater River Range
10
Blue Cllifs Ridge
2
Braeburn Range
172
Brunner Range
6
Bryant Range
4912
Burnett Range
6
Devil Range
26
Domett Range
544
Douglas Range
403
Fenian Range
2
Garibaldi Ridge
2
Glasgow Range
8
Gordon Range
341
Grange Ridge
1
Grindley Ridge
Haupiri Range
81
Herbert Range
32
Hope Range
42
Iwituaroa Range
Kendall Ridge
1
Lockett Range
6
Lookout Range
1
Luna Ridge
22
Lyell Range
23
Marino Mountains
81
Marshall Range
2
Matiri Range
9
Morgan Range
21
Mount Cann
113
Mount William Range
73
Muntz Range
6
Newton Ridge
4
Paparoa Range
651
Peel Range
11
Pikikirunga Range
178
Pinchback Range
52
Radiant Range
114
Richmond Range
2258
Robertson Range
14
Scarlett Range
32
Snowdon Range
13
Spooners Range
61
Storm Ridge
3
Trent Peak Range*
3
Tubman Range
3
Victoria Range
505
Wakamarama Range
64
Wharepapa
596
South Island Hills
568 peaks
43 Passes
Banks Peninsula
5610
North Canterbury Hills
14619
South Canterbury Hills
494
Southeastern Hills
1765
Southland Hills
1415
Southern Alps
3,987 peaks
505 Passes
338 Glaciers
Inland Southern Alps
1,4309529
Main Divide of the Southern Alps
2,015360280
Seaward Southern Alps
6178993

Geographic Location

Administrative Location

New Zealand:
Canterbury Region,Marlborough region,Nelson Region,Otago Region,Southland Region,Tasman District,West Coast Region

Characteristics

Area
106,100.78 km²

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