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Mt Aspiring/Tititea

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Mt Aspiring/Tititea

At 3,027 metres, Mt Aspiring/Tititea – the triangular summit in the distance at right – is Otago’s highest peak. It is part of the highest section of the Southern Alps outside the Aoraki/Mt Cook region. This photograph was taken from the slopes of Ben Lomond, above Queenstown, 60 kilometres from Mt Aspiring.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Geology and landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22619/mt-aspiringtititea (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.