Cecil Peak Explained

Cecil Peak is a mountain in the Wakatipu Basin, New Zealand and reaches a height of 1,978 metres.^[1] It is on the south side of Lake Wakatipu south-southwest of Queenstown, and is prominent within the area.^[2]

Vegetation is mainly grass and tussock (as it is under a pastoral lease)^[3] with trees near the waterline. Hidden Island is one of four islands in Lake Wakatipu and sits very close to the shoreline of Cecil Peak. On 27 March 2010 a local band performed an outdoor concert in a natural amphitheatre on the peak playing songs from the band Pink Floyd.^[4]

Name

Both Cecil Peak and the nearby mountain of Walter Peak were named after William Rees' eldest sons' first given names by the surveyor James McKerrow in 1862.^[5]

See also

• List of mountains of New Zealand by height
• Walter Peak

References

-45.1088°N 168.6285°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malcolm. McKinnon. Otago places - Wakatipu basin. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
2. Web site: Ngai Tahu Names. Te Karaka Issue 44, pg 13. tekaraka.co.nz. 18 September 2013.
3. Web site: Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review. Land Information New Zealand. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130217040852/http://www.linz.govt.nz/sites/default/files/docs/crownproperty/high-country-leases/leaselist/cecil-peak-ddr-pt1.pdf. 2013-02-17.
4. Web site: Rocking it on Cecil Peak. Scoop Media.
5. Book: Jardine. D.G.. Shadows on the Hill. 1978. A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd. 0589010093. 185.