Mountain · Wellington Region

Mount Kaukau

445 m1,460 ft

Prominence: 259 m851 ft
Isolation: 8.4 km
Tonight: 11°CClear · Wind 45 km/h N

Mount Kaukau is a 445 m (1,460 ft) mountain in Wellington Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 445 m · 1,460 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Matthews (941 m)
Region: Wellington Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 41.2315° S, 174.7782° E

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3D map

Mount Kaukau 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Kaukau terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Kaukau elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Kaukau weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 11 / 13°C (52 / 55°F) · Wind 45 km/h N

Mount Kaukau forecast for the summit, about 445 m.

Today11°13°–45 km/h N
Sun11°13°1.4 mm43 km/h NW
Mon11°13°5.4 mm57 km/h NW
Tue7°12°14.1 mm53 km/h N
Wed8°12°0.6 mm38 km/h NW
Thu9°13°0.6 mm34 km/h NW
Fri7°12°–26 km/h NW
Sat10°13°0.5 mm30 km/h N
Sun11°13°2.5 mm36 km/h NW
Mon9°13°9.0 mm37 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Kaukau

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

Nearest parking
1.2 km ENE
+2 more within 1.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Capital Lodge Motor Inn
2.7 km E · +1 more within 7.9 km
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Nearest caravan site
Capital Lodge Motor Inn
2.7 km E
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Nearest hut
Education House
7.8 km ESE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	1.2 km ENE
Parking	1.5 km SE
Parking	1.7 km E
Capital Lodge Motor InnCampsite	2.7 km E
Capital Lodge Motor InnCaravan site	2.7 km E
Education HouseHut	7.8 km ESE
Matiu / Somes Island CampsiteCampsite	7.9 km ESE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.4%

Steep, 30–45°

5.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 5.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 442 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.2%Grassland 39.5%Built-up 13.3%Water 2.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Kaukau summit.

Summit list 3

1The Crows Nest385 m 2.1 km SW
2Tōtara Ridge262 m 2.1 km NE
3Upper Ngauranga243 m 2.7 km E

Where it sits

Where Mount Kaukau sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Wharite Peak920 m141 km NE

Downloads

Mount Kaukau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Kaukau satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 442 m at the summit; the official height is 445 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	445 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	442 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	439 m	-6 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 2026-01-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Mount Kaukau

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

Nearest hut

Data sources