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Mount Hector (New Zealand)

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Mount Hector (New Zealand)

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Mount Hector is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range, situated in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It has a height of 1,529 metres (5, 016 ft). The peak is named after James Hector, a prominent scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century. Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.

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