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Southern Alps

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Mount Cook (3754 m/12,316 ft)
Countries	New Zealand
Area	36,705 sq km / 14,172 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	312 km / 194 mi North-South 361 km / 225 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	43° 41' S; 170° 17' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Alps
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New Zealand	Level 2 (Parent)
New Zealand North Island	Level 3 (Sibling)
Lesser South Island Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Southern Alps	Level 3
Minor Australia-New Zealand Outlying Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southern Alps

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Cook	3754	12,316
2.	Mount Tasman	3497	11,473
3.	Mount Dampier	3440	11,286
4.	Mount Vancouver	3309	10,856
5.	Silberhorn	3300	10,827
6.	Malte Brun	3199	10,495
7.	Mount Hicks	3198	10,492
8.	Ledenfeld Peak	3194	10,479
9.	Mount Graham	3184	10,446
10.	Torres Peak	3160	10,367
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Alps

Mount Cook: Mt. Cook's summit is barely visible amid a swirl of clouds in this view from Mt. Ollivier, above Mt. Cook town.

Mount Sefton: This photo shows why the Southern Alps of New Zealand are one of the premier mountaineering areas of the world. The supreme icy majesty of Mount Sefton.

Mount Ollivier: Mount Ollivier was the first peak ever climbed by Edmund Hillary, and remains a popular scramble from the nearby Mount Cook Village area.

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