AAD0 Mt Sunday - New Zealand
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Norfolk12
S 43° 32.764 E 170° 54.387
59G E 492442 N 5178537
This Site was used for the Lord of the Rings Film,
[ Mt Edoras] The Trig plates have been signed with initials or names of those who have visited,it seems two of the plates are now missing.
Waymark Code: WM8PEB
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 04/27/2010
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AAD0 MT SUNDAY
A geodetic survey mark on top of Mt Sunday this was the location for Edoras and Meduseld in the Film Lord of the Rings.
There is NO PUBLIC access to Mt Sunday,
but nearby Mt Potts, a high country station provides views. Mt Potts offers accommodation and has a restaurant and you can see Mt Sunday near the entrance.
Mt Sunday is a rocky outcrop on the Canterbury Plains next to the Southern Alps located in the Rangitata River valley in Ashburton district, around 2.5 hours drive inland from Christchurch.
The Canterbury Plains is the largest plain in New Zealand and the Southern Alps is the biggest mountain chain in Australasia.
These mountains are bigger in area than the European Alps.
Trig formerly known as H Craig Phillips - see 6375-02-D13 of 3/4/1990.
All over New Zealand, surveyors’ benchmarks were established, most commonly in the form of trig points, which can still be seen dotting the countryside. These trig points were used to draw up a triangular grid of the whole country, so its shape and position could be measured accurately. The idea is that from every trig point, using the telescope on the theodolite, a surveyor should be able to see at least two other trig points, and can measure the angle between the three points.
State/Territory: South Island NZ
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