The Hunter Mountains of Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri is a lake in the South Island of New Zealand. Its name is Maori for "sorrowful heart", though this name is misapplied due to an early cartographical error...

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New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 named by Surveyor James McKerrow after the Famous anatomist John Hunter

John Hunter (surgeon)

John Hunter FRS was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The Hunterian Society of London was named in his honour...

. The Hunter Mountain Range covers an area between The South Arm and Hope Arm of Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri

Lake Manapouri is a lake in the South Island of New Zealand. Its name is Maori for "sorrowful heart", though this name is misapplied due to an early cartographical error...

 South to the Green Lake

Green Lake (Southland)

Green Lake is a lake in Hunter Mountains in the Southland Region of New Zealand located to the north of Lake Monowai. The lake has no surface outlets but probably feeds several streams draining to lake Monowai via springs. The lake is a basin in the debris of the Green Lake Landslide, which is the...

. The Hunters contains several impressive Peaks, 1495m Cone Peak, 1497m Mount Moturau, 1639m Mount Cresent, 1645m Mt Burns, 1695m Eldrig Peak, the Highest Named Point is 1749m Mt Flat. the highest point is an 1804m unnamed peak at the head of the Garnoch Burn. Mount Moturau

Mount Moturau

Mount Moturau is a mountain at height 1,497 m, rising south west of the Hope Arm of Lake Manapouri and clearly visible from Manapouri township. Note: Topographic map C44, Hunter Mountains, GR 2080950E 5497500N. Not named on official mapping pre 10 May 2001....

 is accessible Via the Bicycle spur track from Hope Arm and Mt Burns is very accessible Via the Borland Saddle Road, built through Fiordland National Park

Fiordland National Park

Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 14 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of 12,500 km², and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site...

in the 1960s for the construction of the Power Pylons and Power Lines for the Manapouri Power Station. and is open to the Public throughout the Summer Months.

Fauna

Giant Snails known as Powelliphanta Spedeni are found in the Green Lake Area of the Hunter Mountains.

The Oligosoma nigriplantare polychroma inhabit the tussock grasslands areas from Lake Manapouri to Lake Monowai.

The Short Horned Grasshopper Alinacris ranges throughout the Hunter Mountains.