Mount Tutoko

Mount Tutoko
Elevation	2,723 m (8,934 ft)
Prominence	2,191 m (7,188 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Location
Location	New Zealand
Coordinates	Coordinates: 44°35′40″S 168°00′45″E / 44.594507°S 168.012424°E / -44.594507; 168.012424
Climbing
First ascent	Turner and Graham, 1924

Mount Tutoko is the highest peak in Fiordland National Park, in southwest New Zealand. It lies between the Hollyford Valley and Milford Sound, 15 kilometres due north of the Homer Tunnel, and rises to a height of 2756 m (9,042 ft). Two smaller summits, both above 9000 ft, lie just to the south of the main peak.

The first ascent of Tutoko was by Samuel Turner and Peter Graham in 1924, climbing by way of the northwest ridge.

The mountain is thought to have been named after Tutoko, a Māori chief who lived at Martin's Bay, close to the mouth of the Hollyford River.

External links

• 1966 Encyclopedia of New Zealand page