| Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) | |
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Mt Hector in the winter
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,529 m (5,016 ft) |
| Coordinates | 40°57′S 175°17′E / 40.950°S 175.283°E / -40.950; 175.283 |
| Geography | |
  Mount Hector (Pukemoumou)  Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) (New Zealand) Show map of New Zealand | |
| Parent range | Tararua Range |
Mount Hector (Pukemoumou) is one of the highest peaks in the Tararua Range,[1] situated in the lower North IslandofNew Zealand. It has a height of 1,529 metres (5,016 ft).
The peak is named after James Hector a leading scientist in New Zealand during the 19th century.[2]
Mt Hector is the site of a memorial cross commemorating trampers killed in the Second World War.[3]
Its Māori name is Pukemoumou, or ‘hill of desolation’.
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