Mountain · Inland Kaikōura Range · Canterbury Region

Tapuae-o-Uenuku

2,885 m9,465 ft

Prominence: 2,022 m6,634 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -4°CClear · Wind 17 km/h W

Tapuae-o-Uenuku is a 2,885 m (9,465 ft) mountain in the Inland Kaikōura Range, Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 2,885 m · 9,465 ft
Range: Inland Kaikōura Range
Region: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Protected area: Tapuae O Uenuku Scenic Reserve
Coordinates: 41.9960° S, 173.6629° E

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3D map

Tapuae-o-Uenuku 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tapuae-o-Uenuku 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

Tapuae-o-Uenuku elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tapuae-o-Uenuku weather

Today · Clear · -4 / 10°C (25 / 50°F) · Wind 17 km/h W

Tapuae-o-Uenuku forecast for the summit, about 2,885 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 313 m.

Today-4°10°–17 km/h WBase 12 / 26°
Sun-5°7°0.8 mm11 km/h NEBase 11 / 23°
Mon-3°4°5.3 mm34 km/h WBase 13 / 20°
Tue-9°0°5.4 mm8 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
Wed-12°-2°–19 km/h WBase 3 / 14°
Thu-9°1°0.3 mm17 km/h WBase 7 / 16°
Fri-10°0°–7 km/h SWBase 6 / 15°
Sat-6°5°–7 km/h SWBase 10 / 21°
Sun-5°2°2.4 mm13 km/h NWBase 11 / 17°
Mon-6°0°13.4 mm14 km/h NWBase 10 / 16°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tapuae-o-Uenuku

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

Nearest hut
Tararua Hut
3.5 km NW · +2 more within 6.4 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Tararua HutHut	3.5 km NW
Murray Adrian HutHut	3.5 km NW
Branch CottageHut	6.4 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 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°

6.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.8%

Steep, 30–45°

61.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.7%

Steeper than 30°: 67.0% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,564 m low point 313 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 58.3%Grassland 32.2%Shrubland 5.2%Trees 4.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km, measured from the Tapuae-o-Uenuku summit.

Summit list 6

1Pinnacle2,720 m 1.2 km N
2Crows Nest2,449 m 2.0 km NNE
3Mount Alarm2,877 m 2.6 km SW
4The Bridge1,697 m 4.3 km NE
5Mitre Peak2,621 m 4.5 km WSW
6Mount Gladstone2,370 m 5.5 km WNW

Where it sits

Where Tapuae-o-Uenuku sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount OwenPeak · 1,875 m105 km WNW

Downloads

Tapuae-o-Uenuku downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTapuae-o-Uenuku satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-05.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,877 m at the summit; the official height is 2,885 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,885 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,877 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,859 m	-26 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 2026-03-05)
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

Tapuae-o-Uenuku

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Data sources