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Mountain · Waikato Region

Pihanga

1,326 m4,350 ft

Prominence: 714 m2,342 ft
Isolation: 10 km
Tonight: 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW

Pihanga is a 1,326 m (4,350 ft) mountain in Waikato Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,326 m · 4,350 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Tongariro (1,978 m)
Region: Waikato Region, New Zealand
Protected area: Tongariro National Park
Coordinates: 39.0415° S, 175.7690° E

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3D map

Pihanga 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pihanga 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

Pihanga elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Pihanga weather

Today · Fair · 4 / 13°C (39 / 55°F) · Wind 22 km/h SW

Pihanga forecast for the summit, about 1,326 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 397 m.

Today4°13°–22 km/h SWBase 9 / 19°
Sun3°12°–24 km/h WBase 9 / 18°
Mon5°12°0.8 mm21 km/h NWBase 10 / 17°
Tue-1°10°9.0 mm18 km/h NWBase 5 / 16°
Wed-1°9°1.2 mm19 km/h WBase 4 / 15°
Thu4°9°5.3 mm23 km/h WBase 9 / 14°
Fri0°11°–18 km/h SWBase 6 / 16°
Sat1°11°0.1 mm17 km/h WBase 6 / 17°
Sun3°10°3.0 mm11 km/h NBase 9 / 16°
Mon6°11°5.9 mm17 km/h NBase 11 / 17°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.9%

Steep, 30–45°

2.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 2.0% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view: 928 m low point 397 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 83.5%Grassland 9.5%Water 6.8%

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 3.4 km; 236 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Kidney fern36
Giant moss19
Southern Cinnabar Polypore16
Pacific Black Duck × Mallard14
Rimu12
New Zealand Bamboo Orchid12

Where it sits

Where Pihanga sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TauharaPeak · 1,088 m52 km NE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGPihanga satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-20.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,325 m at the summit; the official height is 1,326 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,326 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,325 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,321 m	-5 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 2025-03-20)
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