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Wilmot Pass

685 m2,247 ft

Tonight: 8°CRain · Wind 28 km/h NW

Wilmot Pass is a mountain pass at 685 m in Southland Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Saddle: 685 m
Lowest point: 481 m / 230 m

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Pass

Wilmot Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: a mapped road

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Wilmot Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wilmot Pass 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.

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Wilmot Pass elevation profile

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Weather

Wilmot Pass weather

Today · Heavy rain · 8 / 10°C (46 / 50°F) · 18.5 mm · Wind 28 km/h NW

Wilmot Pass forecast for about 685 m.

Today8°10°18.5 mm28 km/h NW
Sun9°10°43.0 mm26 km/h NW
Mon-1°11°124.9 mm28 km/h NW
Tue1°5°19.1 mm17 km/h NW
Wed0°6°59.5 mm24 km/h NW
Thu0°2°13.2 mm15 km/h W
Fri4°5°31.6 mm18 km/h NW
Sat8°9°42.6 mm18 km/h NW
Sun2°10°78.1 mm22 km/h NW
Mon2°5°–22 km/h SE

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Wilmot Pass

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

Nearest hut
West Arm Hut
5.8 km ESE
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
West Arm HutHut	5.8 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 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°

12.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.2%

Steep, 30–45°

42.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

16.2%

Steeper than 30°: 59.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,555 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.5%Grassland 24.6%Shrubland 2.9%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Wilmot Pass.

Summit list 6

1Mount Barber1,364 m 1.8 km ENE
2Turpentine1,245 m 1.9 km N
3Pāhiri Peak1,333 m 2.4 km ESE
4Koinga Peak1,582 m 2.5 km SSW
5Mount Plaisted1,368 m 2.5 km NNE
6Mount Mainwaring1,403 m 3.5 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 102 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Hakeke29
Silver beech15
Prickly Shield Fern12
Mountain ribbonwood9
Nomaua arborea9
Koromiko9

Where it sits

Where Wilmot Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Walter Peak1,800 m115 km ENE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGWilmot Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-18.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

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 2026-01-18)
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
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

Wilmot Pass

West → east through the centre

Nearest hut