Mt Cook. South Island. New Zealand.
S 43° 37.000 E 170° 07.900
59G E 429935 N 5170335
New Zealand's highest mountain, Mt Cook, features on the front of the orange $5 note beside the face of notable New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary.
Waymark Code: WMD642
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 11/24/2011
Views: 12
On the front of the polymer $5 note, printed in 1999, is the NZ explorer Sir Edmund Hillary. Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, can be seen to the left of the bill. Hillary was the first to climb Mount Everest and to drive across the South Pole. The Massey Ferguson tractor driven by Hillary to the pole can be found in the lower left corner next to the see-through window.
The NZ five dollar note features our highest mountain, Mt Cook in the Mt Cook National Park. Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). It was higher, but the height was reduced by 10 metres (33 ft) when approximately 10 million cubic metres of rock and ice fell off the northern peak on 14 December 1991.
The mountain can be visited by those capable mountaineers who can climb the peak, but most visitors will be thrilled enough to get as far as the famous Hermitage Hotel at the end of the road to Mt Cook or walk along the track to Kea Point for a spectacular view of the mountain and glaciers. The carpark is at the following co-ordinates: S 43° 43.100 E 170° 05.600. Various walking tracks close to Mt Cook begin from this point including one shorter track that leads to a stone cairn memorial with another excellent view of Mt Cook.
Money Issuing Country: New Zealand
Currency: NZ Dollar
Denomination: $5
Date of Issue: 01/01/1999
Type of Money: Bank note
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