Mountain · Canterbury Region

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf

494 m1,620 ft

Prominence: 160 m526 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: 7°CClear · Wind 25 km/h NW

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf is a 494 m (1,620 ft) mountain in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 494 m · 1,620 ft
Nearest higher peak: Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant (499 m)
Region: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.6037° S, 172.6496° E

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3D map

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf weather

Today · Clear · 7 / 24°C (45 / 75°F) · Wind 25 km/h NW

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf forecast for the summit, about 494 m.

Today7°24°–25 km/h NW
Sun8°22°–26 km/h NW
Mon6°21°3.5 mm41 km/h S
Tue5°8°0.8 mm32 km/h S
Wed3°14°–22 km/h NW
Thu4°17°1.3 mm19 km/h W
Fri2°14°–19 km/h NE
Sat7°18°–23 km/h NW
Sun9°18°–22 km/h N
Mon5°14°5.2 mm29 km/h SW

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.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

38.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

51.0%

Steep, 30–45°

10.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 10.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 515 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 41.7%Grassland 41.4%Water 14.3%Built-up 1.6%Shrubland 0.6%

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 Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf summit.

Summit list 4

1Marleys Hill502 m 1.6 km SW
2Te Poho-o-Tamatea405 m 1.6 km E
3Mount Vernon462 m 1.8 km NE
4Te Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch Hill421 m 2.5 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,850 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

New Zealand Bellbird582
Five finger508
New Zealand Pigeon427
Cutleaf burnweed400
Māhoe360
Capua intractana359

Where it sits

Where Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Harper Pass962 m115 km NNW

Downloads

Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTe Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-01.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 493 m at the summit; the official height is 494 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	494 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	493 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	484 m	-10 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 2026-02-01)
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