# Spenser Mountains

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Mountain range in New Zealand

Spenser Mountains Alpine tarn on the Lewis Pass in front of the Spenser Mountains Highest point Peak Mount Una Elevation 2,300 m (7,500 ft) Coordinates 42°15′S 172°30′E / 42.250°S 172.500°E / -42.250; 172.500 Geography Spenser Mountains Country New Zealand Region Tasman

The **Spenser Mountains** is a topographic [landform](/source/Landform) in the northern [South Island](/source/South_Island) of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). Located at the southern end of the [Nelson Lakes National Park](/source/Nelson_Lakes_National_Park) and north of the [Lewis Pass](/source/Lewis_Pass) they form a natural [border](/source/Border) between the [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury%2C_New_Zealand) and [Tasman](/source/Tasman_Region) regions. Several peaks are named after characters in [Edmund Spenser](/source/Edmund_Spenser)’s allegorical poem, [The Faerie Queene](/source/The_Faerie_Queene). Many of the early explorers were evidently literate men. For example, Frederick Weld (a surveyor) named [Lake Tennyson](/source/Lake_Tennyson); [William Travers](/source/William_Travers_(New_Zealand_politician)) (a solicitor) named the Spensers and Faerie Queene; [Julius Haast](/source/Julius_Haast) named Mt Una.

Within the range prominent peaks include [Mount Una](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Una&action=edit&redlink=1) and Mount Humboldt.[1] The Spenser Mountains are the northern limit of the [glaciers](/source/Glaciers_of_New_Zealand) within the [Southern Alps](/source/Southern_Alps).[2]

Much of the forest cover is beech/[podocarp](/source/Podocarp) with understory of a variety of ferns and shrubs; [crown fern](/source/Lomaria_discolor) (*Lomaria discolor*) is one of the dominant understory ferns.[3]

## Gallery

Spenser Mountains, [Gloriana Peak](/source/Gloriana_Peak) left of centre, [Faerie Queene](/source/Faerie_Queene_(mountain)) to right

## See also

- [Rimu](/source/Rimu)

## References

- [Thomas Adolphus Bowden](/source/Thomas_Adolphus_Bowden) and [James Hector](/source/James_Hector). 1869. *Manual of New Zealand geography*

- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [*Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor*, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg](https://web.archive.org/web/20120213134120/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=95431)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Thomas Adolphus Bowden and James Hector. 1869

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chinn, Trevor J.H., (1988), [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=rgElAQAAIAAJ&dq=spenser+mountains+glaciers&pg=SL8-PA25), in *Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world*, U.S. Geological Survey professional paper; 1386, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-607-71457-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-607-71457-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** C. Michael Hogan. 2009

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