🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mount Ruapehu
active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
🇳🇿 New Zealand · -39.2817, 175.5686
Mount Ruapehu is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“In the meantime, Wood, Astin and Serkis filmed at Mount Ruapehu for the Mount Doom exteriors.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Mount Ruapehu as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
- The Hobbit trilogy 2012
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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
1988
“The film was shot in a range of New Zealand locations, including Auckland, Wellington, Mount Ruapehu and Lake Harris in the Southern Alps.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Tongariro National Park
🇳🇿 New Zealand
national park in New Zealand
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🏙 Towns & cities
Whakapapa skifield
🇳🇿 New Zealand
skifield on Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Rangipo Desert
🇳🇿 New Zealand
desert in New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
North Island
🇳🇿 New Zealand
more northern, and smaller, of the two main islands of New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
North Island Volcanic Plateau
🇳🇿 New Zealand
mountain range
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Mount Ruapehu?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Mount Ruapehu, including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Hobbit trilogy (2012) and The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Mount Ruapehu?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), covered by 93 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Mount Ruapehu?
Mount Ruapehu is in New Zealand, at -39.2817, 175.5686.
What other filming locations are near Mount Ruapehu?
Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa skifield, Rangipo Desert, North Island and 1 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.