Malte Brun is the highest peak in the Malte Brun Range, which lies between the Tasman

Tasman Glacier

The Tasman Glacier is the largest of several glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island. It is New Zealand's longest glacier.-Geography:...

 and Murchison Glacier

Murchison Glacier

The Murchison Glacier is an long glacier flowing through Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Lying to the east of Aoraki/Mount Cook, high in the Southern Alps, it flows southwestwards. The Murchison River, which takes its meltwater, flows under the larger Tasman...

s within New Zealand

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...

's Southern Alps

Southern Alps

The Southern Alps is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the island's western side...

. According to Land Information New Zealand

Land Information New Zealand

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, it rises to a height of 3198 metres (10,492.1 ft), although other sources give heights ranging from 3155–3199 m. A list published by the New Zealand Alpine Club

New Zealand Alpine Club

The New Zealand Alpine Club was founded in 1891 and is one of the oldest Alpine Clubs in the world. The NZAC is the national climbing organization in New Zealand and is a member of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme. It has about 3000 members who are spread across eleven...

 ranks Malte Brun as the third highest mountain in New Zealand.

It is named after the French geographer Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun

Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun

Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun was a French geographer and cartographer.He was born in Paris, France. The son of Conrad Malte-Brun, another geographer, of Danish origin, and founder of the Société de Géographie....

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