Mount Sparrman

Mount Sparrman
Mount Sparrman
Location in New Zealand
Interactive map of Mount Sparrman
Highest point
Elevation969 m (3,179 ft)
Prominence128 m (420 ft)
Coordinates45°48′11″S 166°38′17″E / 45.80306°S 166.63806°E / -45.80306; 166.63806
Naming
EtymologyAnders Sparrman
Geography
LocationSouth Island
CountryNew Zealand
RegionSouthland
Protected areaFiordland National Park
Te Wahipounamu
Parent rangeKākāpō Range
Topo mapNZMS260 B44
Climbing
First ascent1773

Mount Sparrman is a 969-metre-elevation (3,179-foot) hill in Fiordland, New Zealand. The hill is notable as the first peak in New Zealand climbed by Europeans; this happened in 1773 as part of the second voyage of James Cook.