Peaks and Spurs
Mount Jukes has a number of named features:-
- Jukes Range - is the name to the ridge between Proprietary Peak in the north, and South Jukes Peak
- East Jukes Peak - 731 metres - closest to King River Gorge and the Crotty Dam, and to the north of the Mount Jukes road.
- Proprietary Peak - 1104 metres - north west of main part of Mount Jukes, with the Crown spur the most noticeable feature when viewed from the town of Quuenstown to the north.
- Mount Jukes - 1168 metres
- Central Peak
- West Jukes Peak - 1062 matres
- Pyramid Peak - 1080 metres
- South Jukes Peak - 1014 metres
Other named features that are not given specific heights include:-
- Yellow knob
- Yellow Knob spur
- South Jukes Spur
- Crown Spur
- East Jukes Spur
- Intercolonial Spur
- Cliff Spur
- Newall Spur
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