NAMING OF HILLS
Mount Herbert And Herbert Peak A Diamond Harbour resident. “Interested.” has written to the editor the “The Press” asking which of the two peaks rising behind Diamond Harbour and Charteris Bay is Mount Herbert According to the Lands and Survey maps checked by “The Press” yesterday one peak is Mount Herbert and the other is Herbert Peal-
Herbert Peak, almost directly behind Diamond Harbour, is the higher of the two. at 3014 feet Mount Herbert, inland from Charteris Bay, is 2805 feet. Both peaks are presumably named after Sir Sidnev Herbert P„ r jl ,sh Secr eta r y at War in the 1840 s and 50's. He was a friend of John Robert Godley, founder of Canterbury.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 16
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