Mount Tregear
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Mount Tregear, is a 2042 m mountain in New Zealand
's South Island
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Mount Tregear is on the main divide at the head of the Mathias River
of New Zealand's Southern Alps
. It is located 38 kilometres southwest of Arthurs Pass. It is named after Edward Robert Tregear
.
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 South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
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Mount Tregear is on the main divide at the head of the Mathias River
Mathias River
The Mathias River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows from its origins in three rivers in the Southern Alps. Of these, the North Mathias River is the longest, flowing predominantly southwards from its source northeast of Mount Williams...
of New Zealand'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...
. It is located 38 kilometres southwest of Arthurs Pass. It is named after Edward Robert Tregear
Edward Robert Tregear
Edward Robert Tregear was a New Zealand public servant and scholar.-Biography:He was born in Southampton, England, on 1 May 1846, the son of Captain William Henry Tregear, a descendant of an old Cornish family. Tregear was educated in private schools and trained as a civil engineer. He arrived in...
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