[Paul Clarke]

New Zealand’s North and South Islands have 17 peaks each named Mount Misery. In fact it is the third most frequent name for a hill.

Other popular names are (with occurrances):

Round Hill 28
Sugar Loaf 21
Conical Hill 15
Bald Hill 14
Hikurangi 14
East Peak 12
West Peak 11
Pukeatua 11
Puketapu 11
Camp Hill 11
Black Hill 10
Castle Hill 10

Data based on LINZ 50,000 mapping.

Now you know!

[Grant Newton]

Looks like WTMC rain gods Struan Little & Harry Smith have been tramping in 17 different regions!

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