Mount Tūtoko
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Mount Tūtoko is the highest peak in Fiordland National Park, in southwest New Zealand. It lies between the Hollyford Valley and Milford Sound, Script error: No such module "convert". due north of the Homer Tunnel at the northern end of the Darran Mountains. The glacier-covered mountain rises to a height of Script error: No such module "convert". and is visible from the Hollyford Track.[1] Two slightly lower summits lie just to the south of the main peak.
The first ascent of Tūtoko was by Samuel Turner and Peter Graham in 1924, climbing by way of the northwest ridge.
The mountain was named by James Hector, who visited the area in 1863, after Tūtoko, a Māori chief (rangatira) living at Martins Bay, close to the mouth of the Hollyford River, at the time.[2] The name of the mountain was officially gazetted as Mount Tūtoko on 21 June 2019.[3]
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- ↑ "Tutoko, New Zealand" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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