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Mountain range in West Coast, New Zealand For the other range of this name in New Zealand, see Butler Range (Canterbury).

Butler Range
Butler Range some distance upstream from State Highway 6
Highest point
Peak	Mount Ariki
Elevation	2,193 m (7,195 ft)
Geography
Butler Range
Country	New Zealand
Region	West Coast
Range coordinates	43°23′31″S 170°29′02″E / 43.392°S 170.484°E / -43.392; 170.484

The Butler Range, also known as North Butler Range, is a range located in the Westland District of the West Coast Region on the South Island of New Zealand. The range has also been known as Peaks of the Mist Range.

The Butler Range was probably named by Charlie Douglas in the late 1890s after John Butler of Whataroa. Due to its isolation, some of its peaks had their first ascents as late as the 1940s. Named peaks of the Butler Range, from west to east, are Bamford Knob (1,845 metres or 6,053 feet), Tohunga Peak (1,926 metres or 6,319 feet), Mount Whataroa (2,123 metres or 6,965 feet; first ascended 1949), Mount Rangatira (2,157 metres or 7,077 feet), and Mount Ariki (2,193 metres or 7,195 feet; first ascended 1949). The range can be seen from State Highway 6 from where it crosses the Whataroa River.

Geographic features south of the Butler Range are Whataroa Glacier, Ice Lake, and the Butler River. The latter flows into the Whataroa River, which flows past Whataroa into the Tasman Sea. On its northern side, Butler Range is bounded by the Perth River.

Some mountaineers call the range south of the Butler River extending from King Peak to Mount Huss (located on the Main Divide) the South Butler Range; Mount Barrowman and Dog Kennel Peak are the two named intermediate peaks. To avoid confusion, Butler Range is thus sometimes referred to as North Butler Range.

References

"Place name detail: Butler Range". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ Barnett, Shaun (December 2012). "Butler Range". Wilderness. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Butler Range". Climb NZ. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
"Place name detail: Bamford Knob". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Tohunga Peak". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Mount Whataroa". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Mount Rangatira". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Mount Ariki". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Whataroa Glacier". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Ice Lake". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Butler River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Whataroa River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Perth River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: King Peak". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Mount Huss". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Mount Barrowman". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
"Place name detail: Dog Kennel Peak". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

External links

Map of Butler Range

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

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