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Coronet Peak

1,651 m5,417 ft

Prominence: 776 m2,547 ft
Isolation: 6.4 km
Tonight: 2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h W

Coronet Peak is a 1,651 m (5,417 ft) mountain in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, Otago Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,651 m · 5,417 ft
Nearest higher peak: Te-taumata-o-Hakitekura (1,748 m)
Range: Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
Region: Otago Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 44.9160° S, 168.7399° E

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3D map

Coronet Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Coronet Peak terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Coronet Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Coronet Peak weather

Today · Fair · 2 / 11°C (36 / 52°F) · Wind 15 km/h W

Coronet Peak forecast for the summit, about 1,651 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 409 m.

Today2°11°–15 km/h WBase 10 / 18°
Sun4°11°3.2 mm18 km/h NWBase 11 / 19°
Mon-4°10°60.7 mm30 km/h NWBase 4 / 17°
Tue-3°2°–16 km/h SWBase 4 / 9°
Wed-5°3°21.0 mm18 km/h NWBase 3 / 11°
Thu-8°0°2.7 mm11 km/h WBase -1 / 8°
Fri-1°1°2.1 mm13 km/h WBase 6 / 9°
Sat2°8°5.4 mm13 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
Sun-2°8°73.5 mm17 km/h NBase 6 / 15°
Mon-6°-4°21.4 mm2 km/h EBase 1 / 4°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

58.0%

Steep, 30–45°

27.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 28.9% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,224 m low point 409 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 87.3%Trees 12.2%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 194 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Veronica buchananii14
False Spaniard12
Ourisia glandulosa12
Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium11
Veronica densifolia11
Veronica hectorii11

Where it sits

Where Coronet Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Wakatipu310 m24 km SW

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGCoronet Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-21.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

17 m low This 3D map reads 1,634 m at the summit; the official height is 1,651 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,651 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,634 m	-17 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,622 m	-29 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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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