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Mount Somers / Te Kiekie

1,688 m5,538 ft

Prominence: 636 m2,085 ft
Isolation: 4.4 km
Tonight: 2°CClear · Wind 31 km/h NW

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie is a 1,688 m (5,538 ft) mountain in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,688 m · 5,538 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Hutt (2,086 m)
Range: Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
Region: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.6193° S, 171.3746° E

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3D map

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie 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

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie weather

Today · Clear · 2 / 14°C (36 / 57°F) · Wind 31 km/h NW

Mount Somers / Te Kiekie forecast for the summit, about 1,688 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 409 m.

Today2°14°–31 km/h NWBase 9 / 22°
Sun4°12°–32 km/h NWBase 12 / 20°
Mon-1°10°39.9 mm40 km/h NBase 7 / 17°
Tue-4°0°1.0 mm13 km/h NWBase 4 / 8°
Wed1°5°3.4 mm22 km/h NWBase 8 / 13°
Thu-5°5°–22 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Fri0°5°–16 km/h NWBase 8 / 13°
Sat3°8°0.4 mm23 km/h NWBase 11 / 16°
Sun4°6°40.4 mm15 km/h NBase 12 / 14°
Mon-4°-1°6.1 mm15 km/h SBase 4 / 7°

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 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

27.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.5%

Steep, 30–45°

26.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 27.9% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 1,280 m low point 409 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.8%Grassland 40.6%Shrubland 1.9%Bare rock / sparse 1.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Mount Somers / Te Kiekie summit.

Summit list 4

1Staveley Hill1,085 m 1.4 km SSE
2Pony Knob1,165 m 2.5 km NE
3Hookey Knob731 m 3.0 km ESE
4Duke Knob739 m 3.2 km E

Where it sits

Where Mount Somers / Te Kiekie sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Tekapo713 m75 km WSW

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGMount Somers / Te Kiekie satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-13.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,689 m at the summit; the official height is 1,688 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,688 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,689 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,687 m	-1 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 2026-03-13)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia