Mount Arthur is in the Wharepapa / Arthur Range in the north western area of the South Island of New Zealand. Mount Arthur, named after Captain Arthur Wakefield, lies within Kahurangi National Park an
Wharepapa / Arthur Range, taken from the track leading to the summit
Arthur Wakefield was an English Navy officer who served with the Royal Navy before joining his brother, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in founding the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson in New Zealand
View of Nelson Haven, 1841. Artist: Thomas Allom after Charles Heaphy