Elevation of towns in Canterbury, New Zealand

42 towns in Canterbury have a reading. The highest is Mount Cook at 730 m (2,395 ft), the lowest Kaiapoi at 4 m (13 ft); half sit above 62 m. Readings are from the GMTED2010 grid at each town's coordinates, so a town on a slope may read a few metres from a survey figure.

#	Town	Metres	Feet
1	Mount Cook	730	2,395
2	Lake Tekapo	719	2,359
3	Twizel	464	1,522
4	Omarama	428	1,404
5	Hanmer Springs	352	1,155
6	Methven	318	1,043
7	Fairlie	311	1,020
8	Otematata	282	925
9	Oxford	236	774
10	Darfield	205	673
11	Kurow	205	673
12	Culverden	183	600
13	Waiau	139	456
14	Cust	136	446
15	Geraldine	124	407
16	Rakaia	111	364
17	Ashburton	101	331
18	Pleasant Point	82	269
19	Dunsandel	74	243
20	Burnham	63	207
21	Cheviot	63	207
22	Waimate	62	203
23	Rolleston	59	194
24	Amberley	46	151
25	Rangiora	32	105
26	Akaroa	31	102
27	Kaikoura	30	98
28	Southbridge	25	82
29	Leeston	21	69
30	Sefton	20	66
31	Temuka	20	66
32	Hampden	19	62
33	Lyttelton	18	59
34	Lincoln	17	56
35	Oamaru	16	52
36	Christchurch	14	46
37	Timaru	13	43
38	Pareora	10	33
39	Taitapu	8	26
40	Woodend	8	26
41	Waikuku	7	23
42	Kaiapoi	4	13

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