Editing Banks Peninsula (section)

== Peaks ==
Banks Peninsula includes many hills and areas of high ground. None of these are classed as mountains according to the [[New Zealand Alpine Club]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Mountains of New Zealand – A listing based on topographical merit|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100215170915/http://alpineclub.org.nz/system/files/NZ%20Mountain%20Listing.pdf|access-date=12 April 2025 |website=New Zealand Alpine Club}}</ref> Named peaks over 700 metres follow:

[[Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki]] is the tallest point on Banks Peninsula at {{convert|3014|ft|order=flip}}.<ref name="Te Ara" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Banks Peninsula tramping tracks |url= http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/canterbury/places/banks-peninsula-area/things-to-do/banks-peninsula-tramping-tracks/ |access-date=19 June 2017 |publisher=[[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]]}}</ref>

'''Mt Bradley''', the second tallest peak on Banks Peninsula at 855m was named after Reginald Robert Bradley who farmed at Charteris Bay from 1858 and also was the vicar of the Parish of [[Governors Bay]] and [[Purau]]. His oldest son, Orton Bradley, took over the farm which became [[Orton Bradley Park]] after his death in 1943.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Ogilvie|first=Gordon|title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills|publisher=Canterbury University Press|year=2017|location=New Zealand}}</ref>

'''Mt Sinclair''' at 841m was named after Captain Francis Sinclair who lived at Holmes Bay. He drowned in 1846 when sailing from Banks Peninsula to Wellington in his schooner ''Jessie Millar''. In Māori, Mt Sinclair is known as Tarawera.<ref name=":5" />

'''Saddle Hill''' (841m) befits its descriptive name. The French settlers named it Pitou Comete and the Māori named it Puwaitaha or Ka Mokaikai. Near the summit is a spring known as Te Wai-o-hine-puariari<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Andersen|first=Johannes|title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula|year=1927|location=New Zealand|pages=192}}</ref>

'''Mt Fitzgerald''' (826 metres) overlooks Holmes Bay. It is named after William Fitzgerald who arrived at Pigeon Bay in 1861 and taught at the Pigeon Bay Academy until 1869.<ref name=":5" />

'''Flag Peak''' (809 metres)

'''Stony Bay Peak''' (806 metres)

'''Brasenose''' (785 metres)

'''View Hill''' (762 metres)

'''High Bare Peak''' (756 metres)

'''Lavericks''' (755 metres) and Lavericks Bay could have been named after several people. George Laverick was an early settler in the area. It could also have been named after Captain Laverick of the schooner ''Lookin'' which supplied provisions to Akaroa and the Peninsula in the early 1840s. A third explanation is that it was named after Charlie Laveroux, a Frenchman who ended up marooned at the bay by bad weather during a hunting trip. The Māori name for the peak is Ōtepatotu.<ref name=":5" />

'''Duvauchelle Peak''' (738 metres) and the town of Duvauchelle were named after the Duvauchelle brothers who arrived in 1840 at Akaroa. They ran a store in Akaroa before departing for South Pacific Islands in 1843.<ref name=":5" />

'''Mt Evans''' (703 metres) was named at some point between 1849 and 1850 after First Lieutenant Frederick Evans of the survey paddleship HMS ''Acheron''.<ref name=":5" />