Mount Elie de Beaumont

Mount Elie de Beaumont is a 3,109 metres (10,200 ft) high mountain in the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand and the northernmost Three-thousander of the country. It is surrounded by several glaciers like Johannes Glacier in the north, Burton Glacier to the east, Times Glacier to the west and Anna Glacier, a tributary to the Tasman Glacier, in the south.[1] It was named by Julius von Haast after the french geologist Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont.[2]

Mount Elie de Beaumont
Highest peak on the far left side
Highest point
Elevation	3,109 m (10,200 ft)[1]
Listing	New Zealand #5
Coordinates	43°28′54″S 170°19′41″E[1]
Geography
Mount Elie de Beaumont Location in New Zealand
Location	South Island, New Zealand
Parent range	Southern Alps

References

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Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Dampier Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Mount Haast Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak The Minarets Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Torres Peak Mount Vancouver
Mountain passes	Copland Pass
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier
Lakes	Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Wahapo
Rivers	Balfour River Callery River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Douglas River Fox River Hinatua River Karangarua River Ōmoeroa River Ōkārito River Ruera River Strauchon River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waitangitāhuna River
Lagoons	Ōkārito Lagoon
Walking tracks	Copland Track Roberts Point Track
Huts	Chancellor Hut
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Te Wahipounamu Waiau Glacier Coast Marine Reserve
Events	2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Dampier Dixon Peak Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Glacier Peak Mount Haidinger Mount Hamilton Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Malte Brun Mount Ollivier Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Mount Vancouver
Mountain ranges	Mount Cook Range Two Thumb Range
Glaciers	Hooker Glacier Mueller Glacier Murchison Glacier Tasman Glacier
Lakes	Blue Lake Hooker Lake Tasman Lake
Rivers	Godley River Hooker River Murchison River Tasman River
Other geographic features	Copland Pass Sealy Tarns
Settlements and buildings	The Hermitage Hotel Mount Cook Aerodrome Mount Cook Village
Walking and cycling tracks	The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail Hooker Valley Track
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve Te Wahipounamu

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