Mount Franklin (Tasman)

Mount Franklin is a peak in the Nelson Lakes National Park in the Tasman Region of New Zealand.

It is the northernmost – and highest – of New Zealand's four Mounts Franklin, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Lake Rotoroa.

It is the highest peak in the Tasman Region, just two metres higher than the nearby Mount Travers.

[1] The mountain was named by Sir Julius von Haast while he was provincial geologist of Canterbury.

It is named in honour of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, the British Arctic Explorer and former Governor of Tasmania.