Mount Grono

{{Short description|Mountain in New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| photo = Approach to Doubtful Sound with Mount Grosnez. 1875.jpg

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| photo_caption = Approach to Doubtful Sound with Mount Grosnez (1875) by W. M. Hodgkins

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| etymology = Named for John Grono

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| region = Southland Region

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| district = Southland District

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Mount Grono ({{Langx|mi|Te Paparoa-o-Tū}}), previously spelled Mount Groznoz,{{cite web |title=Mount Grono |website=NZ Gazetteer |publisher=LINZ |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/3722 |access-date=1 April 2024}} is a {{convert|1196|m|ft|adj=on}} peak on Secretary Island,{{cite web|title=Mount Grono, Southland – NZ Topo Map|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-45.261144,166.95219&z=14|website=NZ Topo Map|publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=30 March 2024}} part of New Zealand's Fiordland National Park. It was named for early 19th century sealer John Grono.{{cite news |first=Rhodri |last=Owen |title=Wales and the Welsh on the world map after the age of expansion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-21518495 |publisher=BBC News |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=30 March 2024}}

Mount Grono is the highest peak in New Zealand's main island chain outside of the North and South Islands.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

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Category:Mountains of Fiordland

Category:Fiordland National Park

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