Kaikoura Ranges

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View from the Kaikoura Peninsula on the Seaward Kaikoura Range

The Kaikoura Ranges are a mountain range in the northeast of the South Island (New Zealand), which can be viewed with two parallel those main ridges along the Alpine Fault in the southwest-northeast direction as a northerly extension of the Southern Alps. Both mountain ranges have an approximate length of 100 kilometers, go to the southwest near the Hanmer Forest Park in other mountain ranges on while they run in the north- east towards Cape Campbell to sea level. Between the Inland Kaikoura Range and the Seaward Kaikoura Range, the boundary between the regions of Marlborough and Canterbury runs.

Named by Captain James Cook Looker -on Mountains ( " Clearly visible mountains " ), they got their name from the Kaikoura Peninsula and the town of Kaikoura.

Seaward Kaikoura Range

The Seaward Kaikoura Range ( lake- Kaikoura mountain range ) is parallel in about 5 to 10 km distance from the coastline to the Pacific and are best viewed from the sea or from the Kaikoura Peninsula. The highest mountain is Te ao Whekere with 2,596 meters above sea level. Very impressive mountains look especially in summer due to the extreme contrast between the extremely warm weather on the coast and the snow capped mountains in the mountains.

Between the coast and mountain range, the State Highway 1 and the railway line of the Tranz Scenic from Picton to Christchurch meander, which offer very good prospects during the train ride.

Inland Kaikoura Range

The Inland Kaikoura Range has over the Seaward Kaikoura Range, some more prominent peak in the mountain range and has to with the 2,885 meter high Tapuae -o- Uenuku, with the poetic translation from the Maori language " impression of the Rainbow", the highest peak of the entire mountain range offer.

Runs the Clarence River, which flows near Clarence Bridge into the Pacific between two ridgelines.

• Mountains in Australia and Oceania
• Mountains in New Zealand
• Marlborough (Region)