Mountain · Auckland Region

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson

143 m469 ft

Prominence: 61 m198 ft
Isolation: 1.9 km
Tonight: 12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h W

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson is a 143 m (469 ft) mountain in Auckland Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 143 m · 469 ft
Nearest higher peak: Maungawhau / Mount Eden (196 m)
Region: Auckland Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 36.8776° S, 174.7876° E

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3D map

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 12 / 19°C (54 / 66°F) · Wind 17 km/h W

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson forecast for the summit, about 143 m.

Today12°19°–17 km/h W
Sun11°20°–24 km/h W
Mon11°21°–32 km/h N
Tue12°17°7.7 mm34 km/h N
Wed11°17°–15 km/h SW
Thu12°18°2.0 mm24 km/h W
Fri13°17°–24 km/h SW
Sat12°19°–13 km/h SW
Sun11°17°0.1 mm21 km/h N
Mon16°20°7.3 mm24 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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

94.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.1%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 196 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 50.0%Trees 32.5%Grassland 9.6%Water 7.3%

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 Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson summit.

Summit list 4

1Mount Saint John126 m 0.9 km SW
2Little Rangitoto75 m 2.0 km E
3Maungawhau / Mount Eden196 m 2.1 km W
4Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill213 m 2.5 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 2,015 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Tūī302
Eurasian Blackbird271
Myrtle Rust226
Eastern Rosella223
New Zealand Pigeon187
Moreton Bay fig174

Where it sits

Where Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Takarunga / Mount VictoriaPeak · 87 m5.8 km N

Downloads

Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGŌhinerau / Mount Hobson satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-08.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 141 m at the summit; the official height is 143 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	143 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	141 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	135 m	-8 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 2025-03-08)
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: 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 · Wikipedia