Porters Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass in the Canterbury region of New Zealand}}

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{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Porters Pass

| photo = Road to Porters Pass 01.jpg

| photo_caption = State Highway 73 descending from Porters Pass towards Springfield.

| elevation_m = 939

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| traversed = State Highway 73

| location = New Zealand

| range = Southern Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|43|17|48|S|171|44|31|E||display=inline,title}}

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Porters Pass (elevation 939 metres) is a mountain pass in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

It is near Lake Lyndon and is located within Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park. State Highway 73 travels through the pass on its route from Springfield to Cass, and it is the last mountain pass on the route eastwards from Westland to Christchurch. It is also the third-highest point on the South Island's state highway network, after the Lindis Pass and the Milford Road (though it is just one metre lower). Although Arthur's Pass is better known, Porters Pass is a few metres higher, and it affords views of the Canterbury Plains. The Porter brothers, who were farming nearby, named the pass in 1858.{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=John |title=Canterbury places – Porters Pass to Arthur's Pass |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/14 |publisher=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |accessdate=12 May 2011 |date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612081206/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/14 |url-status=live}}

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|image = File:Porters Pass with Big Ben Range, Torlesse Range, New Zealand.jpg

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|caption = Panorama of Porters Pass with Porters Pass carpark in the middle

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