Mount Augustus, New Zealand
- Mount Augustus, New Zealand
Infobox Mountain
Name=Mount Augustus
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Elevation= 1010 metres
Location=South Island, New Zealand
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Coordinates=coord|41.6779|S|171.8570|E|type:mountain_region:NZ
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Mount Augustus was a mountain on the West Coast of New Zealand.
It was the locality for a type specimen of the "Powelliphanta" "Mt Augustus" species of carnivorous snails. The mountain, part of the Stockton mine, was removed to recover the underlying coal. [cite journal
last = Trewick
first = Steven
authorlink =
coauthors = Kath J. Walker and Corina J. Jordan
title = Taxonomic and conservation status of a newly discovered giant landsnail from Mount Augustus, New Zealand
journal = Conservation Genetics
volume =
issue =
pages =
date = 2007-12-11
url = http://www.springerlink.com/content/n5063n183115j524/
doi = 10.1007/s10592-007-9495-8
id =
accessdate = 2008-04-24 ]
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