Mount Burnett (New Zealand)

Mount Burnett is a hill in Kahurangi National Park,[a] in Golden Bay / Mohua, New Zealand.

[3][4] The locality at the foot of Mount Burnett on the Aorere River flats is known as Ferntown.

[6] The mountain hosts an unusual geography, and a number of species of shrubs and sedge are endemic to this mountain, and it is host to a large population of the critically endangered Powelliphanta gilliesi gilliesi subspecies of giant land snails.

[7][8][9] Mount Burnett is home to an open-cast dolomite mine, operated by Sollys Transport, a local Golden Bay company.

The Mount Burnett dolomite mine is the only source of the mineral, an important agricultural fertiliser, in New Zealand.