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Cecil Peak

1,978 m6,490 ft
Prominence
750 m2,461 ft
Isolation
13 km
Tonight
0°CCloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Cecil Peak is a 1,978 m (6,490 ft) mountain in the Eyre Mountains, Otago Region, New Zealand.

All facts
Elevation
1,978 m · 6,490 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mount Bonpland (2,343 m)
Range
Eyre Mountains
Region
Otago Region, New Zealand
Coordinates
45.1215° S, 168.6337° E
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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cecil Peak

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cecil Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Seven Mile Recreation Reserve

    7.9 km NNW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    4.3 km WNW

    +2 more within 6.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Beach Point At Walter Peak Campsite

    7.5 km WNW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Hut4.3 km WNW
Hut6.1 km S
Long Burn HutHut6.5 km S
Beach Point At Walter Peak CampsiteCampsite7.5 km WNW
Seven Mile Recreation ReserveParking7.9 km NNW
3D map

Cecil Peak 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cecil Peak terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cecil Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Cecil Peak weather

Today · Fair · 0 / 6°C (32 / 43°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Cecil Peak forecast for the summit, about 1,978 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 310 m.

  • Today0°6°–23 km/h NWBase 10 / 16°
  • Sun2°7°2.8 mm24 km/h NWBase 12 / 17°
  • Mon-6°7°48.7 mm25 km/h NBase 4 / 17°
  • Tue-4°-1°0.1 mm13 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
  • Wed-4°1°21.9 mm16 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°
  • Thu-5°-1°9.7 mm10 km/h WBase 5 / 9°
  • Fri-2°0°2.1 mm15 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
  • Sat1°5°3.9 mm11 km/h NWBase 11 / 15°
  • Sun-5°5°60.8 mm10 km/h NBase 5 / 15°
  • Mon-5°-5°6.9 mm4 km/h NEBase 5 / 5°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
6.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.9%
Steep, 30–45°
54.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.4%
Steeper than 30°
65.1% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view
1,637 m low point 310 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 70.1%Trees 21.9%Bare rock / sparse 6.0%Water 1.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Cecil Peak sits

Region
Otago Region19New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby

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Cecil Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

31 m low This 3D map reads 1,947 m at the summit; the official height is 1,978 m.Official 1,978 m90 m model 1,941 mThis map 1,947 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)1,978 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)1,947 m-31 m
Copernicus GLO-901,941 m-37 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-21)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia