Talk:Porters Pass

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Not the third highest NZ highway[edit]

I just removed the claim that this is the third highest point on New Zealand's State Highway network, because this seems to be untrue: the North Island's Desert Road is higher (1071 m, on SH 1), as are Lindis Pass (971 m, on SH 8) and the Homer Tunnel (945 m, on SH 94). So at 939 m, Porter Pass is at best fourth. This sort of claim should be sourced. --Avenue (talk) 13:00, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And during the period that it was a State Highway, the Crown Range summit was highest of the lot. The fascinating thing is that despite Australia being a flat and relatively mountainless place, they have towns at 1100 metres in the Blue Mountains. dramatic (talk) 08:43, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Porters Pass is a mountain pass in the region of Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand. At an elevation of 939 metres (3,081 feet) and traversed by State Highway 73, it is the third-highest point on the South Island's state-highway network. The pass was named in 1858 after the Porter brothers, who were farming in the area. A scenic lookout is visible off the highway in the centre of this panoramic photograph, with the Big Ben Range, part of the Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park, in the background.

Photograph credit: Michal Klajban

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