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NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Christchurch > Coopers Knob Reserve (O Mawete)
Coopers Knob Reserve (O Mawete)
- Location
- Summit Road, Port Hills.
- Description
Omawete means "the place of Mawete", indicating the place where Mawete a paramount chief of Ngāti Māmoe met his death.
Coopers Knob (573m) is the highest point of the Port Hills and is undoubtedly the most spectacular of the Summit Road reserves. When viewed from the road to the south, the prominent summit rock stands out as a spire with vertical to overhanging slopes.
Coopers Knob marks the start of the Crater Rim Walkway. Coopers Knob can be slippery and some scrambling is necessary to get to the top.
The reserve is easily accessible and some roadside parking is available. Magnificent views of the Canterbury Plains and the Southern Alps can be gained from the summit. In good weather conditions Mt Cook can be seen to the west. To the east the view ranges over Lyttelton Harbour across Banks Peninsular to Mt. Herbert.The entire reserve runs along the top edge of the extinct Lyttelton volcano. Coopers Knob is part of a volcanic 'dyke', which was embedded in the earth when the volcano was much higher. It stands as a monument to its own resistance to the forces of nature.
Refer to www.ccc.govt.nz for more details including a map of the area.
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- Source
- www.ccc.govt.nz
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