Mount Wakefield

{{short description|Mountain}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2024}}

{{For|the mountain in Antarctica that is also occasionally known by the same name|Mount Hope (Palmer Land)}}

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| name = Mount Wakefield

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| photo = Mount Wakefield from Kea Point.jpg

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| photo_caption = Mount Wakefield as seen from Kea Point, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

| elevation_m = 2058

| elevation_ref = {{cite web | title=Mount Wakefield | website=Peakbagger | date=2004-11-01 | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11743 | access-date=2024-06-07}}

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| location = New Zealand

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|41|35|S|170|7|26|E|display=inline,title|type:mountain}}

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Mount Wakefield is a mountain in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. It is {{convert|2058|m|ft}} high.

The Mountain is named after Edward Gibbon Wakefield.{{cite web |title=Mount Wakefield|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/31855|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=14 September 2024}}

Māori named the slopes and fans of debris of the mountain Kirikiri katata, kirikiri means stones or shingle; katata means split open.