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Mount Haast

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Mount Haast
Mount Haast. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mount Haast (3,114 metres or 10,217 feet) is a mountain summit located in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, in the Westland District of New Zealand. The mountain was named after the German-born geologist Julius von Haast by James Mackay (1831–1912).

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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