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Mountain · Canterbury Region

Mount Potts

2,184 m7,165 ft

Prominence: 517 m1,695 ft
Isolation: 10 km
Tonight: -2°CFog · Wind 18 km/h NW

Mount Potts is a 2,184 m (7,165 ft) mountain in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 2,184 m · 7,165 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cloudy Peak (2,403 m)
Region: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.5029° S, 170.9249° E

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3D map

Mount Potts 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Potts 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

Mount Potts elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Potts weather

Today · Fair · -2 / 6°C (28 / 43°F) · Wind 18 km/h NW

Mount Potts forecast for the summit, about 2,184 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 619 m.

Today-2°6°–18 km/h NWBase 7 / 15°
Sun0°5°2.6 mm27 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
Mon-2°4°64.3 mm49 km/h NWBase 7 / 14°
Tue-7°-2°1.3 mm14 km/h NWBase 2 / 8°
Wed-3°-1°21.1 mm20 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°
Thu-9°-1°0.5 mm18 km/h NWBase 0 / 8°
Fri-3°-1°1.6 mm17 km/h NWBase 6 / 8°
Sat0°2°6.3 mm17 km/h NWBase 9 / 11°
Sun2°2°62.6 mm8 km/h NBase 11 / 12°
Mon-6°-1°5.9 mm10 km/h SEBase 3 / 8°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Potts

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

Nearest hut
Erewhon Hut
1.7 km NW · +1 more within 3.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.1 km SSW
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Erewhon HutHut	1.7 km NW
Potts HutHut	3.9 km ENE
Parking	5.1 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

4.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.2%

Steep, 30–45°

55.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 55.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,563 m low point 619 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 72.7%Grassland 25.3%Trees 1.1%

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; 30 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Scree Buttercup5
Lignocarpa carnosula4
Scree epilobium4
Veronica pinguifolia3
Yellow cushionplant2
Sigaus australis2

Where it sits

Where Mount Potts sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Hokitika Gorge60 m61 km N

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Potts satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,182 m at the summit; the official height is 2,184 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,184 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,182 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,172 m	-12 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 2026-03-23)
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

Mount Potts

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources