Copland Pass
The Copland Pass (el. 2,150 metres or 7,050 feet) is an alpine pass in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
The Copland Pass is on a traditional tramping route connecting Mount Cook Village with the West Coast of New Zealand, 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Fox Glacier.[1] The Copland Pass is located on the Main Divide and is thus located on the boundary of Aoraki/Mount Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks.[2]
The Copland River on the western side of the Main Divide may have been named by the surveyor J. G. Roberts for Dr James Copland, an early settler in Otago.[3] Edward FitzGerald and Matthias Zurbriggen crossed the Main Divide just 500 metres (1,600 ft) further south in February 1895 and that pass, with an elevation of 2,109 metres (6,919 ft), has been named FitzGerald Pass.[4] A month later, the mountaineer Arthur Paul Harper was the first to cross the slightly higher Copland Pass (2,150 metres or 7,050 feet) and he named it for the main river draining its western side.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Upper Copland valley" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Conservation. June 2012. p. 12. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 88. ISBN 9780143204107.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b "Copland Pass". Climb NZ. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Harriss, Gavin. "NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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