Ben Ohau Range

Ben Ohau Range is a mountain range in Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand.[1] It lies west of Lake Pukaki, at 44°S 170°E and east of the Dobson river and Lake Ohau.

Ben Ohau

A photo showing Ben Ohau Range (Centre) taken from The International Space Station

The Ben Ohau range is dominated at the southern end by Ben Ohau (1522m). Other mountains in the range include Backbone Peak (2263m), MacKenzies Peak (2200m), Glentanner Peak (2551m) Ferintosh Peak (2497m), Mauka Atua (2557m), Kai Tarau (2542m), and Mt Dark (2496m). At the northern end Mt Cran stands at 2444m, Jamieson Saddle at 2183m and Mt Edgar Thomson at 2379m.[2]

Biodiversity

The moth species Ichneutica agorastis is particularly common at a string mires found in the Ben Ohau Range.[3]

References
  1. "Place name detail: Ben Ohau Range". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. "New Zealand Topographic Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. Hoare, Robert J. B. (9 December 2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.


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