La Perouse, originally called Mount Stokes, is a mountain in New Zealand's Southern Alps, rising to a height of 3,078 metres (10,098 ft).

La Perouse is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the southwest Aoraki / Mount Cook.

On the northern side, the La Perouse Glacier feeds the Cook River that flows into the Tasman Sea.

[3] La Perouse was the scene of the most arduous rescue in New Zealand's climbing history in 1948, where Ruth Adams was injured and had to be carried on a stretcher over the summit and through deep gorges to the West Coast road.

[4] She was a member in a climbing party including Harry Ayres, Edmund Hillary and Mick Sullivan.