Mount Haidinger

Mount Haidinger is a mountain of the Southern Alps, located in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. It has a double peak, with the northern peak being nine meters lower than the southern peak.^[2]

Mount Haidinger
Mount Haidinger on the right, Aoraki / Mount Cook in the middle.
Highest point
Elevation	3,070 m (10,070 ft)[1]
Listing	List of mountains of New Zealand by height
Coordinates	43°33′5″S 170°11′59″E
Geography
Mount Haidinger Canterbury, New Zealand

In 1895, Edward Arthur FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen and Jack Clark recorded the summit success of the southern tip.^[3] The first ascent of the northern tip was accomplished in the same year by Tom Fyfe and Malcolm Ross.^[4] Mount Haidinger is more suited for climbing in the Southern Hemisphere summer between September and March.^[5]

Julius von Haast named the mountain after the Austrian geologist Wilhelm von Haidinger.^[6]