Mount Sefton

The fourth one in Top 9 Highest Mountains in New Zealand that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Mount Sefton. Mount Sefton is a mountain in the Aroarokaehe Range of New Zealand's Southern Alps, about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) south of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Mount Brunner is to the south, and The Footstool is to the north, both of which are more than 400 metres (1,300 ft) shorter.

The mountain can be seen from Mount Cook Village in the Hooker Valley, with Tuckett Glacier flowing down the mountain's south-eastern side and Mueller Glacier in the valley below it. Mount Sefton, at 3,151 metres (10,338 feet), is the 13th-highest peak in the Southern Alps and the 4th-highest mountain in New Zealand when peaks of little prominence that are closer than a kilometer to a higher peak are excluded.

Mount Sefton is where the Douglas River (formerly known as the Twain River) begins.

Charles French Pemberton, an early resident, named the area, while geologist Julius von Haast named the mountain after William Sefton Moorhouse, the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province. The mountain's Māori name is Maukatua, which translates as "mountain of the gods."

Shortly after Christmas 1894, Edward FitzGerald, accompanied by Matthias Zurbriggen, made the first recorded ascent to the summit.

Location: South Island, New Zealand

Height: 3,151 m (10,338 ft)