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Mountain · Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Hauhungatahi

1,521 m4,990 ft

Prominence: 401 m1,316 ft
Isolation: 6.5 km
Tonight: 3°CFog · Wind 19 km/h N

Hauhungatahi is a 1,521 m (4,990 ft) mountain in Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,521 m · 4,990 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ruapehu (2,797 m)
Region: Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Protected area: Tongariro National Park
Coordinates: 39.2296° S, 175.4443° E

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3D map

Hauhungatahi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hauhungatahi terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Hauhungatahi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hauhungatahi weather

Today · Fair · 3 / 11°C (37 / 52°F) · Wind 19 km/h N

Hauhungatahi forecast for the summit, about 1,521 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 778 m.

Today3°11°–19 km/h NBase 7 / 15°
Sun3°9°0.2 mm17 km/h WBase 7 / 14°
Mon3°9°5.4 mm28 km/h NBase 7 / 13°
Tue-1°8°32.5 mm24 km/h NBase 4 / 13°
Wed-1°6°6.9 mm17 km/h WBase 3 / 11°
Thu1°6°18.7 mm24 km/h WBase 5 / 11°
Fri0°7°0.1 mm22 km/h SWBase 5 / 11°
Sat1°9°1.0 mm13 km/h WBase 6 / 13°
Sun3°8°5.4 mm22 km/h NBase 8 / 12°
Mon4°8°30.4 mm23 km/h NEBase 9 / 12°

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

66.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.8%

Steep, 30–45°

3.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 3.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 740 m low point 778 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 64.9%Grassland 34.8%

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 km; 43 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Pimelea microphylla4
Red tussock grass2
Feathery tutu2
White Mountain Daisy2
Mouse-eared hawkweed2
Hooker's Speedwell2

Where it sits

Where Hauhungatahi sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TauharaPeak · 1,088 m86 km NE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGHauhungatahi satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-02-11.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,518 m at the summit; the official height is 1,521 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,521 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,518 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,512 m	-9 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 2025 (scene 2025-02-11)
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