Mountain · Ruahine Range · Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Wharite Peak

920 m3,018 ft

Prominence: 137 m451 ft
Isolation: 2.4 km
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 40 km/h W

Wharite Peak is a 920 m (3,018 ft) mountain in the Ruahine Range, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 920 m · 3,018 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Maropea (1,481 m)
Range: Ruahine Range
Region: Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 40.2549° S, 175.8579° E

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3D map

Wharite Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wharite Peak 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

Wharite Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Wharite Peak weather

Today · Cloudy · 6 / 12°C (43 / 54°F) · Wind 40 km/h W

Wharite Peak forecast for the summit, about 920 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 184 m.

Today6°12°–40 km/h WBase 11 / 16°
Sun5°11°–40 km/h WBase 10 / 16°
Mon6°14°–38 km/h NWBase 10 / 18°
Tue4°11°7.7 mm35 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
Wed3°9°3.0 mm37 km/h NWBase 8 / 13°
Thu6°10°3.6 mm46 km/h WBase 10 / 14°
Fri4°10°–27 km/h WBase 9 / 14°
Sat6°10°0.2 mm40 km/h WBase 10 / 14°
Sun6°12°0.2 mm25 km/h NWBase 11 / 16°
Mon9°15°5.8 mm27 km/h NWBase 13 / 19°

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 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

27.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

53.7%

Steep, 30–45°

18.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 18.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 776 m low point 184 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 59.2%Grassland 40.4%

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 km; 134 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Olearia virgata6
Ichneutica atristriga6
Mountain Horopito5
Puawhānanga4
Slender owlet moth4
Spreading Greenhood4

Where it sits

Where Wharite Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Emerald LakesLake126 km N

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGWharite Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-02-13.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 915 m at the summit; the official height is 920 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	920 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	915 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	908 m	-12 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 2025-02-13)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia