Aoraki / Mount Cook
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Summary
Aoraki / Mount Cook is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,612 views/month, #127 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canterbury Region[3], Mackenzie District[4]
- Country: New Zealand[5]
- Continent: Oceania[6]
- Instance of: parent peak[7], hill[8]
- Named after: James Cook[9]
- Commons category: Aoraki / Mount Cook[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: South Island[11]
- Significant event: first ascent[12], geographical renaming[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aoraki / Mount Cook[14]
- Commons gallery: Aoraki/Mount Cook[15]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17]
- Native label: Mount Cook[18], Aoraki[19]
- Different from: Aoraki[20]
- Elevation above sea level: 3724 m[21]
- Topographic isolation: 3140 km[22]
- Topographic prominence: 3724 m[23]
- Located in protected area: Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park[24]
- Parent peak: Mount Erebus[25]
- Mountain range: Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana[26]
- Key col: Pacific Ocean[27]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Aoraki / Mount Cook include Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park[28], a national park[29], in New Zealand[30], founded in 1953[31]; it[32], a town[33], in New Zealand[34]; and SS Aorangi[35], a steamship[36].
Why It Matters
Aoraki / Mount Cook has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for it include Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park[28], a national park[29], in New Zealand[30], founded in 1953[31]; it[32], a town[33], in New Zealand[34]; and SS Aorangi[35], a steamship[36].