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Mount Axford

Coordinates: 45°24′40″S 167°26′28″E / 45.411°S 167.441°E / -45.411; 167.441
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Mount Axford
Mount Axford is located in New Zealand
Mount Axford
Mount Axford
Location in New Zealand
Highest point
Elevation1,720 m (5,640 ft)[1][2]
ListingMountains of New Zealand
Coordinates45°24′40″S 167°26′28″E / 45.411°S 167.441°E / -45.411; 167.441[1]
Geography
CountryNew Zealand
IslandSouth Island
RegionSouthland
Protected areaFiordland National Park
Parent rangeKepler 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

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Axford". New Zealand Geographic Board Gazetteer. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Axford". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b New Zealand Geographic Board (13 October 2021). "Mount Axford Officially Named After Prominent Space Scientist". Retrieved 13 October 2021 – via Scoop.