Spenser Mountains
The Spenser Mountains is a topographic landform in the northern South Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern end of the Nelson Lakes National Park and north of the Lewis Pass they form a natural border between the Canterbury and Tasman regions. Several peaks are named after characters in Edmund Spenser’s allegorical poem, The Faerie Queene. Many of the early explorers were evidently literate men. For example, Frederick Weld (a surveyor) named Lake Tennyson; William Travers (a solicitor) named the Spensers and Faerie Queene; Julius Haast named Mt Una.
Within the range prominent peaks include Mount Una and Mount Humboldt.[1] The Spenser Mountains are the northern limit of the glaciers within the Southern Alps.[2]
Much of the forest cover is beech/podocarp with understory of a variety of ferns and shrubs; crown fern (Lomaria discolor) is one of the dominant understory ferns.[3]
See also
- Rimu
References
- Thomas Adolphus Bowden and James Hector. 1869. Manual of New Zealand geography
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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Motueka | |
Moutere-Waimea | |
Richmond | |
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- Brown River
- Buller River
- Dun Mountain-Maitai Terrane
- Hope Saddle
- Mārahau River
- Ngārua Caves
- Tākaka River
- Waimea Plains
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Abel Tasman National Park |
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Tasman Bay | |
Kahurangi National Park |
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Nelson Lakes National Park |
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- Abel Tasman National Park
- Appleby railway station
- Brightwater railway station
- Cobb Power Station
- Gowanbridge railway station
- Heaphy Track
- Hope railway station
- Karamea Aerodrome
- Kawatiri railway station
- Langford Store
- Memorial Park
- Motueka Aerodrome
- Moutere Inn
- Mussel Inn
- Nelson Lakes National Park
- Onekaka Ironworks
- Onekaka Power Station
- Pupu Hydro Power Scheme
- Richmond railway station
- RNZAF Dip Flat
- Rutherford memorial
- Stafford Place
- St Michael's Church
- Stoke railway station
- Tākaka Aerodrome
- Takaka Tramway
- Tonga Island Marine Reserve
- Tophouse
- Tour de Vineyards
- Wai-iti Dark Sky Park
- Wangapeka Track
- Westhaven (Te Tai Tapu) Marine Reserve
- Wharariki Ecosanctuary
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